†Aplopsammia collignoni Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
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 Aplopsammia according to J. Alloiteau 1958
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ambarimaninga, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Ambarimaninga Formation of Madagascar
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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