Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 (stony coral)

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

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Puerto Rico (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of China (1), Jamaica (21), Mexico (4)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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