Peponocyathus lecomptei Wells 1937 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Alternative combination: Kionotrochus lecomptei

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1937. Coral studies, part 1: Two new species of fossil corals. Bulletins of American Paleontology 23(79):237-241

Belongs to Peponocyathus according to S. D. Cairns 1997

See also Wells 1937

Sister taxa: Peponocyathus duncani, Peponocyathus folliculus, Peponocyathus minimus, Peponocyathus orientalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Edegem, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian coastal sandstone in Belgium

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Edegem

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