Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Diploria conferticostata, Leptoria conferticostata
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1899. Some Cretaceous and Eocene corals from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 34:227-250
Belongs to Dictuophyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Dictuophyllia batalleri, Dictuophyllia collignoni, Dictuophyllia incerta, Dictuophyllia konincki, Dictuophyllia pirotensis, Dictuophyllia radiata, Dictuophyllia reticulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pennants, which is in a Campanian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Puerto Rico (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Jamaica (21), Mexico (4)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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