†Discotrochus pateriformis Dennant 1904 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76
Belongs to Discotrochus according to J. Dennant 1904
Sister taxa: Discotrochus astericus, Discotrochus californicus, Discotrochus cylindricus, Discotrochus hoelzli, Discotrochus michelottii, Discotrochus pseudoduncani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Creek, Dennant collection, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Spring Creek, Dennant collection
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