Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Alternative combination: Mesomorpha catadupensis
Synonyms: Cyathoseris senessei Alloiteau 1952, Pseudoseris senessei Alloiteau 1952
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1899. Some Cretaceous and Eocene corals from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 34:227-250
Belongs to Cyathoseris according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Vaughan 1899
Sister taxa: Cyathoseris allisoni, Cyathoseris appennina, Cyathoseris crassilamellata, Cyathoseris formosa, Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis, Cyathoseris joannae, Cyathoseris judriensis, Cyathoseris krepidoblasta, Cyathoseris leganyii, Cyathoseris lophiophora, Cyathoseris multisinuosa, Cyathoseris oppenheimi, Cyathoseris oxylopha, Cyathoseris parvistella, Cyathoseris patula, Cyathoseris radiata, Cyathoseris subregularis
Type specimens:
- Cyathoseris catadupensis: Its type locality is Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds", which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the "Catadupa Beds" Formation of Jamaica
- Cyathoseris senessei:
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (4 collections), Mexico (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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