Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combinations: Flabellum merriami, Trochocyathus merriami
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(5):59-76
Belongs to Platytrochus according to H. Bentson 1943
See also Cairns 1997, Nomland 1916 and Palmer 1923
Sister taxa: Platytrochus airensis, Platytrochus bataviae, Platytrochus burcki, Platytrochus claibornensis, Platytrochus curvatus, Platytrochus diabloensis, Platytrochus dominicensis, Platytrochus elegans, Platytrochus hastatus, Platytrochus maudensis, Platytrochus primaevus, Platytrochus vacuus
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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