Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: G. Álvarez-Pérez. 1997. New Eocene coral species from Igualada (Barcelona, NE of Spain). Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion Geologica 91:297-304
Belongs to Desmophyllum according to G. Álvarez-Pérez 1997
Sister taxa: Desmophyllum cantamessi, Desmophyllum conulatum, Desmophyllum coulsoni, Desmophyllum decuplum, Desmophyllum dianthus, Desmophyllum excavatum, Desmophyllum exclavatum, Desmophyllum joannense, Desmophyllum laevicostatum, Desmophyllum lirioides, Desmophyllum semicostatum, Desmophyllum striatum, Desmophyllum taurinense, Desmophyllum willcoxi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Igualada, Ebro Basin, La Tossa Formation, marls, Catalonia, which is in a Bartonian shallow subtidal marl in the La Tossa Formation of Spain
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Spain (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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