Deltocyathus fontinalis 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 Deltocyathus according to J. Dennant 1904

Sister taxa: Deltocyathus australis, Deltocyathus complanatus, Deltocyathus heteroclitus, Deltocyathus insperatus, Deltocyathus italicus, Deltocyathus lens, Deltocyathus stellaris, Deltocyathus taiwanicus, Deltocyathus tuberculatus, Deltocyathus verconis, Deltocyathus whitei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Creek, Dennant collection, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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