Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Alternative combination: Tskhanarella crassisepta
Full reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1979. Albskiye korally cela Tskhanari (Zapadnaya Grusiya) [Albian corals from Tskhanari (Western Georgia)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A. I. Dzhanelidze 63:1-49
Belongs to Pruvostastraea according to E. Roniewicz 2008
See also Sikharulidze 1979
Sister taxa: Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis, Pruvostastraea sikharulidzeae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tskhanari, Caucasus, upper biostrome, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Georgia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (3 collections), Georgia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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