†Defrancia tamarisensis Chevalier 1961 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Full reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562
Belongs to Defrancia according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
Sister taxon: Defrancia irregularis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Chainon de La Nerthe, Bouches-du-Rhone (Miocene of France)
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