Protoseris placenta Quenstedt 1881 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Alternative combination: Meandrina placenta

Belongs to Protoseris according to O. F. Geyer 1954

Sister taxa: Protoseris jaccardi, Protoseris recurvata, Protoseris robusta, Protoseris suevica, Protoseris waltoni

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Nattheim (Jurassic of Germany)

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