Platytrochus maudensis Dennant 1904 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76

Belongs to Platytrochus according to J. Dennant 1904

Sister taxa: Platytrochus airensis, Platytrochus bataviae, Platytrochus burcki, Platytrochus claibornensis, Platytrochus curvatus, Platytrochus diabloensis, Platytrochus dominicensis, Platytrochus elegans, Platytrochus hastatus, Platytrochus merriami, Platytrochus primaevus, Platytrochus vacuus

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

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Maude

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