Cyathomorpha Reuss 1868 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oulastreidae

Full reference: A. E. Reuss. 1868. Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen, 1: Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichten von Castelgomberto [Paleontological studies about the older Tertiary beds in the Alps, 1: The fossil Anthozoa from the Castelcomberto Formation]. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 28:129-184

Parent taxon: Oulastreidae according to W. Kiessling 2021

See also Wells 1956

Sister taxon: Oulastrea

Subtaxa: Cyathomorpha damoni

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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