Trochoidomeandra Morycowa 1971 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Trochoidomeandridae

Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149

Parent taxon: Trochoidomeandridae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo and P. A. Fernández-Mendiola 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphimeandra, Tirnovimeandra, Wellsimeandra

Subtaxa: Trochoidomeandra ovalis Trochoidomeandra problematica

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Georgia (1 collection), Japan (1), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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