Conocyathus (Chingchingocyathus) ireneae Ogbe 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Full reference: F. G. A. Ogbe. 1976. Some Paleocene corals from Ewekoro, southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology 13(2):1-5

Belongs to Conocyathus (Chingchingocyathus) according to F. G. A. Ogbe 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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