Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
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 Goniopora according to T. W. Vaughan 1941
Sister taxa: Goniopora affinis, Goniopora ameliana, Goniopora astraeoides, Goniopora bieskidensis, Goniopora calhounensis, Goniopora christianiaensis, Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora columna, Goniopora daxitertia, Goniopora decaturensis, Goniopora djiboutiensis, Goniopora elegans, Goniopora globulosa, Goniopora granosa, Goniopora hilli, Goniopora imperatoris, Goniopora katzeri, Goniopora laurina, Goniopora lobata, Goniopora lubinensis, Goniopora micrantha, Goniopora microscopica, Goniopora microsiderea, Goniopora minor, Goniopora nodulosa, Goniopora norfolkensis, Goniopora octopartita, Goniopora palmensis, Goniopora panamensis, Goniopora planulata, Goniopora polyformis, Goniopora regularis, Goniopora retifera, Goniopora reussiana, Goniopora rudis, Goniopora savignyi, Goniopora somaliensis, Goniopora stokesi, Goniopora stutchburyi, Goniopora tenella, Goniopora tenuidens, Goniopora turonensis, Goniopora vaughani, Goniopora websteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eocene Wilcox Bashi Marl, which is in a Ypresian marine marl in Alabama
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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