Acropora piedmontensis
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| Acropora piedmontensis Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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]
