Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447
Belongs to Meandrophyllia according to J. W. Wells 1944
Sister taxa: Meandrophyllia amedei, Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia greppini, Meandrophyllia heberti, Meandrophyllia lotharinga, Meandrophyllia macroseriata, Meandrophyllia meandriformis, Meandrophyllia meandroides, Meandrophyllia montezumae, Meandrophyllia oceani, Meandrophyllia plummeri, Meandrophyllia steini, Meandrophyllia textilis, Meandrophyllia tomesi, Meandrophyllia tuberosa, Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis, Meandrophyllia velamentosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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