†Fungiaphyllia communis Melnikova and Roniewicz 2017 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Full reference: G. K. Melnikova and E. Roniewicz. 2017. Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. Palaeoworld 26(1):124-148
Belongs to Fungiaphyllia according to G. K. Melnikova and E. Roniewicz 2017
Sister taxon: Fungiaphyllia fungia
Type specimen: Its type locality is Site 647, Nalbandon River valley, which is in a Pliensbachian shallow subtidal wackestone in Afghanistan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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