Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
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 Deltocyathus according to J. Dennant 1904
Sister taxa: Deltocyathus australis, Deltocyathus complanatus, Deltocyathus fontinalis, Deltocyathus heteroclitus, Deltocyathus insperatus, Deltocyathus italicus, Deltocyathus lens, Deltocyathus stellaris, Deltocyathus taiwanicus, Deltocyathus tuberculatus, Deltocyathus whitei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shelford, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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