Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) minima Étallon 1859 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Alternative combination: Thamnasteria minima

Full reference: A. Étallon. 1859. Etudes paléontologiques sur le Haut-Jura. Rayonnés du Corallien. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du département du Doubs 3(3):401-553

Belongs to Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) according to E. de Fromentel 1861

See also Étallon 1859

Sister taxa: Thamnasteria maccoyi, Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) dumosa, Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) moreana, Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) portlandica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Saint-Ursanne (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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