Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Alternative combination: Archohelia clarki
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1927. A new species of Eocene coral, Archohelia clarki, from California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 17(3):143-144
Belongs to Petrophyllia according to W. Kiessling 2008
See also Squires 1999 and Squires 2001
Sister taxa: Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) arkansensis, Petrophyllia dartoni, Petrophyllia gardnerae, Petrophyllia limonensis, Petrophyllia rediviva, Petrophyllia remisovi, Petrophyllia vernonensis, Petrophyllia weaveri
Type specimen: UCMP 31414 and 31415 (cotypes). Its type locality is UCMP 3609, east of Mount Diablo, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California, Washington collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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