Multimurinus biformis Fontaine 1961 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Alternative combination: Polythecalis biformis

Full reference: H. Fontaine. 1961. Les madreporaires paleozoiques du Viet-Nam, du Laos, et du Cambodge. Archives Geologiques du Viet-Nam 5:1-276

Belongs to Multimurinus according to H. W. Flügel 1997

See also Fontaine 1961 and Minato and Kato 1965

Sister taxa: Multimurinus guangxiensis, Multimurinus lunatus, Multimurinus regularis, Wentzelloides (Multimurinus) irregularis, Wentzelloides (Multimurinus) zhenfengensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Phnom Takream, scree 15 m above plain, Battambang, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Sisophon Formation of Cambodia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), Thailand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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