Placogyra hykeli Eliasova 1973 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Alternative combination: Psammogyra hykeli

Belongs to Placogyra according to E. Morycowa 2012

See also Baron-Szabo 2009 and Roniewicz 2008

Sister taxa: Placogyra aldingeri, Placogyra brevimaeandra, Placogyra elegans, Placogyra felixi, Placogyra kuehni, Placogyra parelegans

Type specimen: holotype HF151, a skeleton. Its type locality is Stramberk reef, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of Czechia.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Spain (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)

• Jurassic of Czechia (1), Poland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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