Protaraea procella Mõtus and Zaika 2012

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae

Full reference: M. Mõtus and Y. Zaika. 2012. The oldest heliolitids from the early Katian of the East Baltic region. GFF A Scandinavian Journal of Earth Sciences 134(3):225-234

Belongs to Protaraea according to M. Mõtus and Y. Zaika 2012

Sister taxa: Protaraea diffluens, Protaraea richmondensis, Stylaraea parva

Type specimen: GIT 548-21, a skeleton. Its type locality is Vasalemma, North Estonia, Vasalemma Fm, which is in an Ordovician reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Vasalemma Formation of Estonia.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Vasalemma, North Estonia, Vasalemma Fm

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