†Stylocyathus besairiei Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)
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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 Stylocyathus according to J. Alloiteau 1958
Sister taxa: Stylocyathus coarctatus, Stylocyathus crassiseptus, Stylocyathus dentalinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ampasindava, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Madagascar
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Ampasindava
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