Cyathophylloides burksae Flower 1961 (horn coral)

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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