Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Full reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2003. Late Aptian-early Albian corals from the Mural Limestone of the Bisbee Group (Tuape and Cerro de Oro areas), Sonora, Mexico. Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Paleoecology, Texas and Mexico: Perkins Memorial Volume. Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, Special Publications in Geology 1:187-225
Belongs to Pleurophyllia according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2003
Sister taxa: Pleurophyllia cara, Pleurophyllia gracilis, Pleurophyllia minuscula, Pleurophyllia schmidti, Pleurophyllia tobleri, Pleurophyllia trichotoma, Pleurophyllia vesiculosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro La Espina, Tuape, Mexico, which is in an Aptian/Albian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Mural Limestone Formation of Mexico
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Cerro La Espina, Tuape, Mexico
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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