Microsolenastraea balcanica Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Full reference: D. Turnsek and M. Mihajlovic. 1981. Lower Cretaceous cnidarians from eastern Serbia. Razprave, Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, IV Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede 23(1):1-54

Belongs to Microsolenastraea according to D. Turnsek and M. Mihajlovic 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Skuvija, Stara Planina Mts., which is in a Barremian/Aptian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in Serbia and Montenegro

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Hungary (1 collection), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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