Thecocyathus collignoni Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

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 Thecocyathus according to J. Alloiteau 1958

Sister taxa: Thecocyathus florealis, Thecocyathus grosgogeati, Thecocyathus mactra, Thecocyathus moorii, Thecocyathus tintinnabulum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Ambohidroha, which is in a Tithonian offshore limestone in Madagascar.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Ambohidroha

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