Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Alternative combination: Kionotrochus piveteaui
Synonyms: Frescocyathus nagagreboensis Barta-Calmus 1969, Frescocyathus tessieri Barta-Calmus 1969
Full reference: J. Alloiteau and J. Tissier. 1958. Les madréporaires du montien des petites pyrénées (Comparaison avec ceux du Montien de Mons). Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 93:241-293
Belongs to Bathycyathus according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 and Barta-Calmus 1969
Sister taxa: Bathycyathus corneti, Bathycyathus laevigatus, Bathycyathus lloydi, Bathycyathus matheroni, Bathycyathus pulcher, Bathycyathus termofurae
Type specimens:
- Bathycyathus piveteaui: Its type locality is Mons, Goffint, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Belgium
- Frescocyathus nagagreboensis: Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, region EF (Kraïébouèn), bed 5, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire.
- Frescocyathus tessieri: MNHN.F.A30265. Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, region JK (Laga-Ghirobo), bed 5, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (4 collections)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
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