†Paleoastroides provincialis Chevalier 1961 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
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 Paleoastroides according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
Sister taxa: Paleoastroides dehmi, Paleoastroides subirregularis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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