†Parapleurosmilia inflata Beauvais 1986 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68
Belongs to Parapleurosmilia according to L. Beauvais 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tizi Nasa (bordering the Middle Atlas), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Tizi Nasa (bordering the Middle Atlas), Atlas Mountains
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