Floriastrea sexradiata Sikharulidze 1985

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Alternative combination: Floria sexradiata

Full reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1985. Geksakorally urgonskoy fatsii Dzirulskogo Massiva i ego cevernogo obramlyeniya [Hexacorals from the Urgonian facies of the Dzirul Massif and its northern frame]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 88:1-78

Belongs to Floriastrea according to H. Löser et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Floriastrea iberica, Floriastrea planinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mokhorotubani, Dzirul Massif, which is in a Hauterivian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Georgia

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Georgia (5 collections), Jamaica (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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