Placosmilia pethoi Pratz 1910 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: E. Pratz. 1910. A korallok leirasa [Description of the corals]. A Petervaradi Hegyseg (Fruska Gora) kretaidoszaki (hiperszenon-) faunaja [The Cretaceous (Upper Senonian) fauna of the Petervaradi Mountains (Fruska Gora)] 299-317

Belongs to Placosmilia according to E. Pratz 1910

Sister taxa: Placosmilia bilobata, Placosmilia bofilli, Placosmilia bojnicensis, Placosmilia copoyensis, Placosmilia cornu, Placosmilia elliptica, Placosmilia fenestrata, Placosmilia fimbriata, Placosmilia gracilis, Placosmilia limburgica, Placosmilia martini, Placosmilia polygonata, Placosmilia sinuosa, Placosmilia urgoniensis, Placosmiliopsis bilobatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerevic, Fruska Gora Mountains, which is in a Campanian shallow subtidal marl/limestone in Serbia and Montenegro

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerevic, Fruska Gora Mountains

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