ammonites
Thamnotropis rarus Melnikova and Bychkov 1986 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastreidae

Full reference: G. K. Melnikova and Y. M. Bychkov. 1986. Pozdnetriasovyye skleraktinii khrebta Kenkeren (Koryakskoye nagorye) [Upper Triassic scleractinians from the Kenkeren Ridge (Koryak Range)]. Korrelyatsiya permo-triasovykh otlozheniy Vostoka SSSR [Correlation of the Permian-Triassic deposits of the eastern USSR] 63-81

Belongs to Thamnotropis according to G. K. Melnikova and Y. M. Bychkov 1986

Sister taxa: Thamnotropis rakoveci, Thamnotropis settsassi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kenkeren Ridge, Koryak, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Nutekin Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic