Pleuropodia otwayensis Dennant 1903 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

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 Pleuropodia according to J. Dennant 1903

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Otway, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in Australia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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