Dendracis nodosa Reuss 1868 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Full reference: A. E. Reuss. 1868. Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen, 1: Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichten von Castelgomberto [Paleontological studies about the older Tertiary beds in the Alps, 1: The fossil Anthozoa from the Castelcomberto Formation]. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 28:129-184

Belongs to Dendracis according to A. E. Reuss 1868

Sister taxa: Dendracis bifaria, Dendracis cantabrigiensis, Dendracis mammillosa, Dendracis micrantha, Dendracis seriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monteviale, which is in a Rupelian perireef or subreef limestone in the Castelgomberto Formation of Italy

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Monteviale

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