Cyathoceras mangyschlakensis Kuzmicheva 1987 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187

Belongs to Cyathoceras according to E. I. Kuzmicheva 1987

Sister taxa: Cyathoceras embaensis, Cyathoceras kondoi, Cyathoceras periallus, Cyathoceras rubescens, Cyathoceras tortoniensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mangyshlak, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Kazakhstan

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (3 collections), Ukraine (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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