Platytrochus bataviae De Gruyter 1944 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Alternative combination: Aldrichiella bataviae

Full reference: J. G. De Gruyter. 1944. Koralen van het Nederlandsche Tertiair [Corals from the Tertiary of the Netherlands]. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 14(1):10-39

Belongs to Platytrochus according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also De Gruyter 1944

Sister taxa: Platytrochus airensis, Platytrochus burcki, Platytrochus claibornensis, Platytrochus curvatus, Platytrochus diabloensis, Platytrochus dominicensis, Platytrochus elegans, Platytrochus hastatus, Platytrochus maudensis, Platytrochus merriami, Platytrochus primaevus, Platytrochus vacuus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Staatsmijn Maurits, Sch. II, 159.10-160.70 m, which is in a Danian coastal claystone in the Netherlands.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Staatsmijn Maurits, Sch. II, 159.10-160.70 m

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