Ksiazkiewiczia Morycowa 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1976. Ksiazkiewiczia - nouveau genre de Hexacorallia du Cretace inferieur des Carpathes polonaises externes [Ksiazkiewiczia - a new genus of Hexacorallia from the Lower Cretaceous of the Extern Polish Carpathians]. Annales de la Societe Geologique de Pologne 46:77-88

Parent taxon: Faviidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Dactylosmilia, Defrancia, Dictyoastraea, Favia, Hadrophyllia, Montastreinae, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Thysanus

Subtaxa: Ksiazkiewiczia lanckoronensis Ksiazkiewiczia poblana

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Type: Ksiazkiewiczia lanckoronensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), Poland (1), Spain (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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