Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: K. Bromfield. 2013. Neogene Corals from the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji. Bulletins of American Paleontology 387
Belongs to Platygyra according to K. Bromfield 2013
Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria wellsi, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ramandu PNG2.3, New Britain, which is in a Langhian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/packstone in the Yalam Formation of Papua New Guinea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Papua New Guinea (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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