Thecactinastraea krimensis Turnsek and Kosir 2000 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae

Full reference: D. Turnsek and A. Kosir. 2000. Early Jurassic corals from Krim Mountain, Slovenia. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Naravoslovne Vede, IV 41(1):81-113

Belongs to Thecactinastraea according to D. Turnsek and A. Kosir 2000

Sister taxon: Thecactinastraea fasciculata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Krim Mountain, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm bafflestone/framestone in the "Lithiotid Horizon" Formation of Slovenia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Slovenia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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