Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(26):1-26
Belongs to Astrocoenia according to J. W. Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Astrocoenia aegyptiaca, Astrocoenia aspera, Astrocoenia barranquinensis, Astrocoenia bistellata, Astrocoenia blanfordi, Astrocoenia budaensis, Astrocoenia calixtoensis, Astrocoenia dachiardii, Astrocoenia decaturensis, Astrocoenia delemontana, Astrocoenia dickersoni, Astrocoenia dilloni, Astrocoenia dixae, Astrocoenia dubia, Astrocoenia excavata, Astrocoenia expansa, Astrocoenia gerthi, Astrocoenia gibbosa, Astrocoenia gregoryi, Astrocoenia guantanamensis, Astrocoenia hexactis, Astrocoenia idahoensis, Astrocoenia immersa, Astrocoenia incrustans, Astrocoenia jamaicaensis, Astrocoenia jukesbrownei, Astrocoenia laminosa, Astrocoenia lobatorotundata, Astrocoenia meinzeri, Astrocoenia microcoma, Astrocoenia miocenica, Astrocoenia multigranosa, Astrocoenia nana, Astrocoenia nathani, Astrocoenia newtoni, Astrocoenia nidiformis, Astrocoenia nuevitasensis, Astrocoenia numisma, Astrocoenia oppelii, Astrocoenia palmata, Astrocoenia pentagonalis, Astrocoenia petrosa, Astrocoenia portoricoensis, Astrocoenia punctata, Astrocoenia rariseptata, Astrocoenia reussiana, Astrocoenia schardti, Astrocoenia scyphoidea, Astrocoenia simplex, Astrocoenia somalica, Astrocoenia spongilla, Astrocoenia subreticulata, Astrocoenia tenuisepta, Astrocoenia triangularis, Astrocoenia tuberosa, Astrocoenia zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is La Brea, Pan de Aymar, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Pananga limestone Formation of Peru
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at La Brea, Pan de Aymar
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