†Odontocyathus sieberi Kühn 1966 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: O. Kühn. 1966. Eozänkorallen aus Österreich [Eocene corals from Austria]. Sitzungsberichte Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse I 175:317-355
Belongs to Odontocyathus according to O. Kühn 1966
Sister taxa: Odontocyathus minor, Odontocyathus radiatus, Odontocyathus sundaicus, Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) ixine
Type specimen: Its type locality is Reingruberhöhe, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian coastal sandstone in Austria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Reingruberhöhe
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