Psammogyra petitclerci Beauvais 1964 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paleontologique des formations a madreporaires du Jurassique superieur du Jura et de l'est du Basin de Paris. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 100:1-288

Belongs to Psammogyra according to L. Beauvais 1964

Sister taxa: Psammogyra caudata, Psammogyra choffati, Psammogyra hykeli, Psammogyra priva, Psammogyra valfinensis, Psammogyra voltzi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Calcaires de Valfin Formation of France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte

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