Margarogyra Roniewicz 2011 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 2011. Early Norian (Triassic) corals from the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, and the intra-Norian faunal turnover. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(2):401-428

Parent taxon: Coryphylliidae according to E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley 2013

See also Roniewicz 2011

Sister taxa: Axotrochus, Flexastrea, Khytrastrea, Nevadoseris, Noriphyllia, Pokljukosmilia

Subtaxa: Margarogyra hirsuta Margarogyra silberlingi

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Type: Margarogyra hirsuta

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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