Trochoseris gerthi Wells 1941 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(26):1-26

Belongs to Trochoseris according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005

See also Wells 1941

Sister taxa: Trochoseris aperta, Trochoseris berica, Trochoseris dachiardii, Trochoseris florescens, Trochoseris helianthoides, Trochoseris lobata, Trochoseris persica, Trochoseris semiplana, Trochoseris shattucki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos, Basal Restin, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Restin Formation of Peru

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Negritos, Basal Restin

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