Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Procladocora jamaicaensis
Synonym: Cladocora antarctica Filkorn 1994
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1899. Some Cretaceous and Eocene corals from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 34:227-250
Belongs to Cladocora according to Vaughan 1899
See also Filkorn 1994 and Löser 1999
Sister taxa: Cladocora arbuscula, Cladocora barkii, Cladocora bosquensis, Cladocora brevis, Cladocora caespitosa, Cladocora gaasensis, Cladocora gamachotensis, Cladocora gracilis, Cladocora haimei, Cladocora johnsoni, Cladocora liburnensis, Cladocora michelottii, Cladocora multicaulis, Cladocora prevostiana, Cladocora prolifera, Cladocora reussi, Cladocora rosicensis, Cladocora tenuis
Type specimens:
- Cladocora jamaicaensis: Its type locality is Solomon Mountain, which is in a Campanian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica
- Cladocora antarctica: Its type locality is Seymour Island II, which is in a Danian estuary/bay sandstone/siltstone in the Sobral Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Egypt (1), Italy (1)
• Cretaceous of Greece (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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