†Wadeopsammia nodosa Wade 1926 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Alternative combination: Trochosmilia nodosa
Full reference: B. Wade. 1926. The fauna of the Ripley formation on Coon creek, Tennessee. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 137:1-272
Belongs to Wadeopsammia according to J. W. Wells 1933
See also Baron-Szabo 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Tennessee, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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