Acropora piedmontensis

Acropora piedmontensis is an extinct species of stony coral within the family Acroporidae.[1] The species was described from Piedmont, Italy, east of the city Turin, where it was found to have lived in the Burdigalian age in the early Miocene, 20.44 to 15.97 MYA.[2][3][4]

Acropora piedmontensis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Acroporidae
Genus: Acropora
Species:
A. piedmontensis
Binomial name
Acropora piedmontensis
Wallace & Bosselini, 2015

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