Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Alternative combinations: Guembelastraea vancouverensis, Isastrea vancouverensis
Full reference: C. H. Clapp and H. W. Shimer. 1911. The Sutton Jurassic of the Vancouver group, Vancouver Island. Boston Society of Natural History Proceedings 34:426-438
Belongs to Meandrostylis according to A. H. Caruthers and G. D. Stanley 2008
See also Clapp and Shimer 1911, Prinz 1991 and Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Maeandrostylis frechi, Maeandrostylis irregularis, Meandrostylis grandiseptus
Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC 13703, Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Sutton Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), Chile (2), United States (7: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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