Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Full reference: E. Flügel. 1966. Mitteljurassische Korallen vom Ostrand der Großen Salzwüste (Shotori-Kette, Iran) [Middle Jurassic corals from the eastern margin of the Great Salt Desert (Shotori Range, Iran)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 126(1):46-91
Belongs to Chomatoseris according to Flügel 1966
Sister taxa: Chomatoseris hemispherica, Chomatoseris jacobi, Chomatoseris orbulites, Chomatoseris porpites
Type specimen: Its type locality is Qaleh Dokhtar, bed 26, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Qal'eh Dokhtar Formation of Iran
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Iran (7 collections), Jordan (2), Tunisia (3)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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