Clausastrea querolensis Alloiteau 1960 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46

Belongs to Clausastrea according to J. Alloiteau 1960

Sister taxa: Clausastrea alloiteaui, Clausastrea alnisensis, Clausastrea arnaudi, Clausastrea bellomontensis, Clausastrea bohemoslovaka, Clausastrea bolzei, Clausastrea calloviensis, Clausastrea costata, Clausastrea daschkessanica, Clausastrea dichotoma, Clausastrea dubia, Clausastrea edwardsi, Clausastrea eliasovae, Clausastrea julistephanovi, Clausastrea korthensis, Clausastrea lamellostriata, Clausastrea magna, Clausastrea neuvicensis, Clausastrea parva, Clausastrea plana, Clausastrea pseudoconfluens, Clausastrea radisensis, Clausastrea saltensis, Clausastrea superficialis, Clausastrea tesselata, Clausastrea tessellata, Clausastrea topalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Barranco de la Querola, Cocentaina, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian marine horizon in Spain

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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