Palaeastraea mandrakiensis Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Full reference: D. Turnsek and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1994. Upper Triassic (Carnian-lowermost Norian) corals from the Pantokrator Limestone of Hydra (Greece). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 50:477-507

Belongs to Palaeastraea according to D. Turnsek and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1994

Sister taxa: Palaeastraea cyathophylloides, Palaeastraea grandissima, Palaeastraea granulata, Palaeastraea subincrassata, Palaeastraea kokeni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hydra, reef limestone facies, which is in a Tuvalian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Pantokrator limestone Formation of Greece

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hydra, reef limestone facies

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