Desmophyllum excavatum Hagenow 1839 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Alternative combinations: Coelosmilia excavata, Parasmilia excavata, Turbinolia excavata

Synonyms: Coelosmilia cupuliformis Reuss 1852, Coelosmilia laxa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Coelosmilia libyca Wanner 1902, Coelosmilia sacheri Reuss 1852, Desmophyllum laxum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Dungulia libyca Wanner 1902

Belongs to Desmophyllum according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008

See also Hassan and Salama 1970, Kuzmicheva 1987, Reuss 1852 and Wanner 1902

Sister taxa: Desmophyllum cantamessi, Desmophyllum castellolense, Desmophyllum conulatum, Desmophyllum coulsoni, Desmophyllum decuplum, Desmophyllum dianthus, Desmophyllum exclavatum, Desmophyllum joannense, Desmophyllum laevicostatum, Desmophyllum lirioides, Desmophyllum semicostatum, Desmophyllum striatum, Desmophyllum taurinense, Desmophyllum willcoxi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Egypt (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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