Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Alternative combination: Micrabacia cribraria
Synonym: Stephanophyllia regularis Traub 1938
Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1916. North American Upper Cretaceous corals of the genus Micrabacia. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98:115-131
Belongs to Stephanophyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Traub 1938
Sister taxa: Stephanophyllia californica, Stephanophyllia elegans, Stephanophyllia fungulus, Stephanophyllia hexaflora, Stephanophyllia imperialis, Stephanophyllia implexa, Stephanophyllia indica, Stephanophyllia lanquinei, Stephanophyllia michelini, Stephanophyllia nysti, Stephanophyllia plattenwaldensis, Stephanophyllia vacavillensis
Type specimens:
- Stephanophyllia cribraria: Its type locality is USGS 5354/USGS 4136, Whiteley Creek Landing, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Black Creek Formation of North Carolina
- Stephanophyllia regularis: Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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