Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Alternative combination: Archohelia gardnerae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1941. New corals: one recent, Alaska; three Eocene, Alabama and Louisiana. Journal of Paleontology 15(3):280-284
Belongs to Petrophyllia according to W. Kiessling 2008
See also Vaughan 1941
Sister taxa: Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) arkansensis, Petrophyllia clarki, Petrophyllia dartoni, Petrophyllia limonensis, Petrophyllia rediviva, Petrophyllia remisovi, Petrophyllia vernonensis, Petrophyllia weaveri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lisbon Formation, Washington County, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Alabama
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Ukraine (1 collection), United States (3: Alabama)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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