Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Synonyms: Haimesiastraea distans Vaughan 1922, Haimesiastraea humilis Vaughan 1922, Haimesiastraea peruviana Vaughan 1922, Montastrea parinasensis Wells 1941, Peruviastrea peruviana Vaughan 1922
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263
Belongs to Haimesiastraea according to Vaughan 1900
See also Baron-Szabo 2006, López-Pérez 2005, Vaughan 1922 and Wells 1941
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Haimesiastraea conferta: Its type locality is Greggs Landing, Bells Landing Marl, which is in a Thanetian coastal sandstone/marl in Alabama
- Haimesiastraea distans:
- Haimesiastraea humilis:
- Haimesiastraea peruviana:
- Montastrea parinasensis: Its type locality is Quebrada Monte Grande, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Monte Grande Formation of Peru.
- Peruviastrea peruviana:
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (3), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3), Slovenia (1), United States (8: Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Peru (1)
Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences
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