Bothrophoria compressa Erdmann et al. 2008 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Full reference: S. Erdmann, E. S. Bellosi, and G. A. Morra. 2008. Una nueva especie de coral solitario (Scleractinia, Turbinoliidae) de la formacion San Julian (Oligocene superior, Santa Cruz) en su contexto estratigrafico y paleoambiental [A new species of a solitary coral (Scleractinia, Turbinoliidae) from the San Julian Formation (Upper Oligocene, Santa Cruz) in its stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental context]. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 10(2):255-262

Belongs to Bothrophoria according to S. Erdmann et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Bothrophoria ornata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Playa La Mina, NF2, which is in an Oligocene shoreface sandstone in the San Julian Formation of Argentina

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Playa La Mina, NF2

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