Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:255-264
Belongs to Platytrochus according to J. Dennant 1902
Sister taxa: Platytrochus airensis, Platytrochus bataviae, Platytrochus burcki, Platytrochus claibornensis, Platytrochus diabloensis, Platytrochus dominicensis, Platytrochus elegans, Platytrochus hastatus, Platytrochus maudensis, Platytrochus merriami, Platytrochus primaevus, Platytrochus vacuus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (Dennant collection), which is in a Langhian marine marl in the Port Campbell Limestone Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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