Thamnasterites astraeoides Roniewicz 2011 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

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

Belongs to Thamnasterites according to E. Roniewicz 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Feisterscharte, which is in a Lacian reef, buildup or bioherm bafflestone/floatstone in the Dachstein Formation of Austria

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Feisterscharte

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.