†Platycyathus kawakamiensis Eguchi 1951 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96
Belongs to Platycyathus according to M. Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Platycyathus eburnensis, Platycyathus grahami, Platycyathus orbignyi, Platycyathus scottianus, Platycyathus yezoensis, Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) powelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sinegorsk (Kawakami colliery), which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine horizon in the Bykov Formation of the Russian Federation
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sinegorsk (Kawakami colliery)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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