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 Stephanocoenia according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Stephanocoenia antiquus, Stephanocoenia bernardiana, Stephanocoenia dendroidea, Stephanocoenia duncani, Stephanocoenia florida, Stephanocoenia greppini, Stephanocoenia intermedia, Stephanocoenia intersepta, Stephanocoenia peruviana, Stephanocoenia plana, Stephanocoenia rollieri, Stephanocoenia sinemuriensis, Stephanocoenia spongiformis, Stephanocoenia tenuis, Stephanocoenia tricoronata, Stephanocoenia tuberosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos, Basal Restin, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Restin Formation of Peru
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Negritos, Basal Restin
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