Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Alternative combination: Turbinolia caulifera
Synonyms: Balanophyllia ladakhensis Pal et al. 1984, Balanophyllia santaelenensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974, Balanophyllia schlosseri Traub 1938, Eupsammia collignoni Alloiteau 1951, Eupsammia narindensis Alloiteau 1936, Eupsammia pozaryskii Rozkowska 1955, Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis Alloiteau 1958
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Balanophyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Alloiteau 1958, Conrad 1848, Frost and Langenheim 1974, Pal et al. 1984 and Rozkowska 1955
Sister taxa: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia), Balanophyllia acostae, Balanophyllia alta, Balanophyllia annularis, Balanophyllia augustinensis, Balanophyllia basedowi, Balanophyllia bavarica, Balanophyllia besairiei, Balanophyllia blakeleyensis, Balanophyllia calyculus, Balanophyllia campanulata, Balanophyllia cauliculata, Balanophyllia clarendonensis, Balanophyllia complanata, Balanophyllia compressa, Balanophyllia concinna, Balanophyllia conica, Balanophyllia cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia cowlitzensis, Balanophyllia cumingii, Balanophyllia desmophyllum, Balanophyllia elegans, Balanophyllia elongata, Balanophyllia formosana, Balanophyllia fossata, Balanophyllia fulleri, Balanophyllia gigas, Balanophyllia haleana, Balanophyllia hectori, Balanophyllia imperialis, Balanophyllia inauris, Balanophyllia induta, Balanophyllia irregularis, Balanophyllia irrorata, Balanophyllia italica, Balanophyllia nonaradiata, Balanophyllia oppenheimi, Balanophyllia oulangiformis, Balanophyllia parallela, Balanophyllia patera, Balanophyllia patula, Balanophyllia pittieri, Balanophyllia piuraensis, Balanophyllia ponderosa, Balanophyllia praelonga, Balanophyllia redivivus, Balanophyllia rovasendai, Balanophyllia salpynx, Balanophyllia soloensis, Balanophyllia striatissima, Balanophyllia teglandae, Balanophyllia thalassae, Balanophyllia torta, Balanophyllia truncata, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia varians, Balanophyllia washingtonensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pachysepta, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zuffardii, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zelandiae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica, Eupsammia compressa, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), United States (2: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Mexico (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1), Madagascar (3), Oman (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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