Cryptocoenia biedai Morycowa 1964

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Alternative combinations: Adelocoenia biedai, Procyathophora biedai

Synonyms: Adelocoenia bulgarica Toula 1884, Astrocoenia bulgarica Toula 1884, Cryptocoenia atempa Felix 1891, Cryptocoenia bulgarica Toula 1884, Cryptocoenia ramosa Toula 1889, Cyathophora atempa Felix 1891, Cyathophora hedbergi Wells 1944

Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1964. Hexacoralla des Couches de Grodziszcze (Neocomien, Carpathes) [Hexacorals from the Grodziszcze Beds (Neocomian, Carpathians)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 9(1):3-114

Belongs to Cryptocoenia according to H. Löser et al. 2018

See also Baron-Szabo 2018, Löser 2006, Löser 2010, Löser and Raeder 1995, Reyeros-Navarro 1963 and Wells 1944

Sister taxa: Cryptocoenia aguilerai, Cryptocoenia almerai, Cryptocoenia antiqua, Cryptocoenia brevis, Cryptocoenia cartieri, Cryptocoenia castellum, Cryptocoenia corbariensis, Cryptocoenia desori, Cryptocoenia dubia, Cryptocoenia fontserei, Cryptocoenia intricata, Cryptocoenia jacobi, Cryptocoenia matskevici, Cryptocoenia miyakoensis, Cryptocoenia neocomiensis, Cryptocoenia nivernensis, Cryptocoenia octonaria, Cryptocoenia octosepta, Cryptocoenia pistillum, Cryptocoenia regularis, Cryptocoenia stelliserrata

Type specimens:

  • Cryptocoenia biedai: Its type locality is Trzemesna, Grodziszcze Beds, Carpathians, which is in a Barremian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/conglomerate in the Grodziszcze Formation of Poland
  • Astrocoenia bulgarica:
  • Cryptocoenia ramosa:
  • Cyathophora atempa:
  • Cyathophora hedbergi: Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (4 collections), France (2), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Mexico (2), Poland (2), Venezuela (1)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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