Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Hydnophora insignis
Synonyms: Hydnophora inaequalis Duncan 1880, Monticulastraea elongata Duncan 1880, Monticulastraea inaequalis Duncan 1880
Belongs to Monticulastraea according to Duncan 1880
See also Bosellini 1999 and Bosellini et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Monticulastraea maeandrina, Monticulastraea roseola, Monticulastraea solidior
Type specimens:
- Monticulastraea insignis: Its type locality is Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in Pakistan
- Monticulastraea elongata: Its type locality is Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.
- Monticulastraea inaequalis: Its type locality is Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Iran (2 collections), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Somalia (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Iran (2)
• Cretaceous of Iran (1), Oman (2), the United Arab Emirates (2)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
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