Cunnolites angiostoma Kühn 1933 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae

Alternative combination: Cyclolites angiostoma

Full reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221

Belongs to Cunnolites according to Baron-Szabo 2002

See also Kühn 1933

Sister taxa: Cunnolites (Paracunnolites), Cunnolites cancellata, Cunnolites cereviciana, Cunnolites giganteus, Cunnolites gosavicus, Cunnolites heberti, Cunnolites humilis, Cunnolites jamaicaensis, Cunnolites japonica, Cunnolites nummulus, Cunnolites orbignyi, Cunnolites phillipsiae, Cunnolites polymorphus, Cunnolites profundus, Cunnolites rhomboideus, Cunnolites scutellum, Cunnolites tenuiradiata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Neyriz, which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in Iran

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Iran (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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