Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Full reference: C. H. Hu. 1987. Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. Memoir of the Geological Society of China 8:31-48
Belongs to Stephanophyllia according to C. H. Hu 1987
Sister taxa: Stephanophyllia californica, Stephanophyllia cribraria, Stephanophyllia elegans, Stephanophyllia fungulus, Stephanophyllia imperialis, Stephanophyllia implexa, Stephanophyllia indica, Stephanophyllia lanquinei, Stephanophyllia michelini, Stephanophyllia nysti, Stephanophyllia plattenwaldensis, Stephanophyllia vacavillensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tantzu, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene deep-water mudstone/siltstone in the Maanshan Formation of Taiwan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tantzu
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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