Paravolzeia alpina Roniewicz et al. 2005 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz, J. D. Stanley Jr, F. Da Costa Monteiro and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2005. Late Triassic (Carnian) corals from Timor-Leste (East Timor): their identity, setting, and biogeography. Alcheringa 29(2):287-303

Belongs to Paravolzeia according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015

See also Roniewicz et al. 2005

Sister taxon: Paravolzeia timorica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Mount Sambosan, locality 6 (Triassic of Japan)

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