Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Full reference: G. D. Stanley. 1994. Corals and "hydrozoans" in Upper Triassic invertebrates from the Antimonio Formation, Sonora, Mexico. The Paleontological Society Memoir 36:10-18
Belongs to Astraeomorpha according to G. D. Stanley 1994
Sister taxa: Astraeomorpha confusa, Astraeomorpha crassisepta, Astraeomorpha minima, Astraeomorpha minor, Astraeomorpha multisepta, Astraeomorpha pratzi, Astraeomorpha reimani
Type specimen: UMIP 23017A-C. Its type locality is Sierra del Alamo, Antimonio Formation, B2-position, which is in a Norian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Mexico (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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