†Thamnasteriamorpha loretzi Volz 1896 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
Alternative combination: Thamnastraea loretzi
Belongs to Thamnasteriamorpha according to W. Liao and J. Xia 1994
Sister taxa: Thamnasteriamorpha frechi, Thamnasteriamorpha megaxis, Thamnasteriamorpha okudai, Thamnasteriamorpha rakoveci, Thamnasteriamorpha rara, Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Forcella di Sett Sass, Italy, which is in a Carnian shallow subtidal marl in the Cassian Formation of Italy
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections), Italy (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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