Ceratotrochus supracretacea Hennig 1899 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Synonyms: Ceratotrochus polonicus Siemiradzki 1927, Ceratotrochus rengarteni Kuzmicheva 1987

Belongs to Ceratotrochus according to Hennig 1899

See also Kuzmicheva 1987 and Siemiradzki 1927

Sister taxa: Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus), Ceratotrochus clinatus, Ceratotrochus exiguus, Ceratotrochus exilis, Ceratotrochus ginginensis, Ceratotrochus halli, Ceratotrochus kefersteini, Ceratotrochus magnaghii, Ceratotrochus multiserialis, Ceratotrochus multispinosus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1)

• Cretaceous of Libya (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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