†Floriastrea planinensis Turnsek 1981 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative combination: Floria planinensis
Belongs to Floriastrea according to H. Löser et al. 2009
See also Baron-Szabo 2002
Sister taxa: Floriastrea iberica, Floriastrea sexradiata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Skuvija, Stara Planina Mts., which is in a Barremian/Aptian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in Serbia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (1), Serbia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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