Andemantastraea tongoboryensis Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae

Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218

Belongs to Andemantastraea according to J. Alloiteau 1958

Sister taxa: Andemantastraea densisepta, Andemantastraea dreyfussi, Andemantastraea gaultierensis, Andemantastraea michelini

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tongobory, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in Madagascar

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Madagascar (1 collection), Tunisia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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