Notophyllia aperta Dennant 1899 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Full reference: J. Dennant. 1899. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:281-287

Belongs to Notophyllia according to Dennant 1899

Sister taxa: Notophyllia gracilis, Notophyllia semivestita

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fyansford, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Australia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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