Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Alternative combination: Dimorpharaea parva
Full reference: E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse. 2009. Lower Cretaceous Microsolenina (Scleractinia) from Provence (southern France). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 79:97-140
Belongs to Microsolena according to E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse 2009
See also Löser and Bilotte 2017
Sister taxa: Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena amorpha, Microsolena arishensis, Microsolena besairiei, Microsolena bruntrutana, Microsolena caesaris, Microsolena catenata, Microsolena cavernosa, Microsolena conica, Microsolena corticata, Microsolena delicatula, Microsolena edwardsi, Microsolena excavata, Microsolena exigua, Microsolena expansa, Microsolena fascicularis, Microsolena foliosa, Microsolena formosa, Microsolena fromenteli, Microsolena gibbosa, Microsolena gresslyi, Microsolena guttata, Microsolena haimei, Microsolena hassimguitaensis, Microsolena hemispherica, Microsolena interjecta, Microsolena japonica, Microsolena julii, Microsolena kobyi, Microsolena kugleri, Microsolena loginovae, Microsolena major, Microsolena mosensis, Microsolena multisepta, Microsolena pavonia, Microsolena piriformis, Microsolena plana, Microsolena porosa, Microsolena pulvinata, Microsolena ramosa, Microsolena regularis, Microsolena sadeki, Microsolena sinuata, Microsolena stellata, Microsolena studeri, Microsolena subexcavata, Microsolena subturbinata, Microsolena tenuiradiata, Microsolena texana, Microsolena thurmanni, Microsolena tuberosa, Microsolena verdati, Microsolena yabei, Microsolena zangbeiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Moulin d'Aumage, which is in an Aptian perireef or subreef limestone in France
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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