Ceratotrochus clinatus Dennant 1903 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: J. Dennant. 1903. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 6. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27:208-215

Belongs to Ceratotrochus according to J. Dennant 1903

Sister taxa: Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus), Ceratotrochus exiguus, Ceratotrochus exilis, Ceratotrochus ginginensis, Ceratotrochus halli, Ceratotrochus kefersteini, Ceratotrochus magnaghii, Ceratotrochus multiserialis, Ceratotrochus multispinosus, Ceratotrochus supracretacea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Browns Creek, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Australia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Browns Creek

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