Cyathoseris formosa d'Achiardi 1875 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Synonyms: Cyathoseris eocenica Stemann 1992, Mycetophyllia eocenica Stemann 1992

Belongs to Cyathoseris according to d'Achiardi 1875

See also Kiessling and Baron-Szabo 2004

Sister taxa: Cyathoseris allisoni, Cyathoseris appennina, Cyathoseris catadupensis, Cyathoseris crassilamellata, Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis, Cyathoseris joannae, Cyathoseris judriensis, Cyathoseris krepidoblasta, Cyathoseris leganyii, Cyathoseris lophiophora, Cyathoseris multisinuosa, Cyathoseris oppenheimi, Cyathoseris oxylopha, Cyathoseris parvistella, Cyathoseris patula, Cyathoseris radiata, Cyathoseris subregularis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of Hungary (2 collections), Italy (2), Panama (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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