Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative combinations: Actinastrea bellensis, Astrocoenia bellensis
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288
Belongs to Stelidioseris according to H. Löser 2012
See also Löser 2008
Sister taxa: Stelidioseris decaphylla, Stelidioseris gibbosa, Stelidioseris hourqi, Stelidioseris japonica, Stelidioseris kunthi, Stelidioseris major, Stelidioseris melkarthi, Stelidioseris minima, Stelidioseris pattoni, Stelidioseris retifera, Stelidioseris tendagurensis, Stelidioseris tourtiensis, Stelidioseris whitneyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Santa Fe railroad quarry, Belton, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Comanche Peak Limestone Formation of Texas
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Tanzania (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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