Odontocyathus sundaicus Gerth 1923 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des JungtertiÃĪrs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136

Belongs to Odontocyathus according to H. Gerth 1923

Sister taxa: Odontocyathus minor, Odontocyathus radiatus, Odontocyathus sieberi, Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) ixine

Type specimen: Its type locality is Singkuang Island, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Singkuang Island, Borneo

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