Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combination: Cyathophyllum mactra
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76
Belongs to Thecocyathus according to E. de Fromentel 1861
See also d'Orbigny 1850, Goldfuss 1826 and Milne-Edwards 1857
Sister taxa: Thecocyathus collignoni, Thecocyathus florealis, Thecocyathus grosgogeati, Thecocyathus moorii, Thecocyathus tintinnabulum
Type specimen: BIOB-PB-Goldfuss-193, a skeleton
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Switzerland (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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