Stylina arkansasensis Wells 1942 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1942. Jurassic corals from the smackover limestone, Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):126-129

Belongs to Stylina according to J. W. Wells 1942

Sister taxa: Stylina alba, Stylina algarvensis, Stylina alveolata, Stylina amdoensis, Stylina anthemoides, Stylina arborea, Stylina arduennensis, Stylina arduennensis, Stylina aspera, Stylina babeana, Stylina balsami, Stylina bangoinensis, Stylina baugieri, Stylina bernensis, Stylina bucheti, Stylina bulgarica, Stylina bullosa, Stylina capellini, Stylina carthagiensis, Stylina ceriomorpha, Stylina conifera, Stylina constricta, Stylina coquandi, Stylina corallina, Stylina coronata, Stylina cotteaui, Stylina decemradiata, Stylina delabechii, Stylina deluci, Stylina delucii, Stylina dendroidea, Stylina depravata, Stylina digitiformis, Stylina dongqoensis, Stylina dubia, Stylina dufrenoyi, Stylina echinulata, Stylina elegans, Stylina esmuni, Stylina excelsa, Stylina favrei, Stylina fenestralis, Stylina gaulardi, Stylina girodi, Stylina gracilis, Stylina granulosa, Stylina higoensis, Stylina hirta, Stylina hourcqi, Stylina inflata, Stylina insignis, Stylina intermedia, Stylina inwaldensis, Stylina japonica, Stylina kachensis, Stylina kantoensis, Stylina laevicostata, Stylina lanceloti, Stylina leymeriana, Stylina lobata, Stylina lortphillipsi, Stylina mabutii, Stylina macfadyeni, Stylina madagascariensis, Stylina meriani, Stylina microcoenia, Stylina microcoma, Stylina micrommata, Stylina micropora, Stylina minuta, Stylina nakasai, Stylina nantuacensis, Stylina ndalakashensis, Stylina niongalensis, Stylina nodosa, Stylina oolitica, Stylina orbignyana, Stylina pachystylina, Stylina parcicosta, Stylina parvipora, Stylina parviramosa, Stylina perroni, Stylina pleionantha, Stylina ploti, Stylina punctata, Stylina qiebulaensis, Stylina ramosa, Stylina renevieri, Stylina reussi, Stylina reussii, Stylina rupellensis, Stylina sablensis, Stylina savi, Stylina shamoloensis, Stylina sinemuriensis, Stylina solida, Stylina stellata, Stylina subjecta, Stylina subornata, Stylina sucrensis, Stylina sugiyamai, Stylina tabulata, Stylina tenax, Stylina tertia, Stylina thevenini, Stylina thiessingi, Stylina thurmani, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina tubulosa, Stylina valfinensis, Stylina virgulina, Plesiostylina hourcqi, Pseudocoenia beskidena, Pseudocoenia annae, Pseudocoenia octonis, Pseudocoenia elegans, Pseudocoenia bernardina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Corals from Smackover, which is in an Oxfordian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Smackover Formation of Arkansas

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Corals from Smackover

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