†Cyathophylloides burksae Flower 1961 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1961. Montoya and related colonial corals. Memoir New Mexico State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources 7(1):3-97
Belongs to Cyathophylloides according to R. H. Flower 1961
Sister taxon: Cyathophylloides fergusoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Franklin Mountains, coral biostrome, which is in a Maysvillian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Aleman Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Franklin Mountains, coral biostrome
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