†Melikerona Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
Parent taxon: Dendrogyriidae according to L. Beauvais 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ixogyra, Pseudisastraea
Subtaxa: Melikerona parva
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Madagascar (1 collection), Romania (1), Tunisia (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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