Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Upper Cretaceous corals from Cuba. Bulletins of American Paleontology 26:282-300
Belongs to Montastrea according to J. W. Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Montastraea cavernosa, Montastraea cylindrica, Montastraea endothecata, Montastraea faveolata, Montastraea franksi, Montastrea alpina, Montastrea antilliana, Montastrea bachmayeri, Montastrea brevis, Montastrea bumi, Montastrea cavernosa, Montastrea colemani, Montastrea costata, Montastrea cribraria, Montastrea cylindrica, Montastrea davisina, Montastrea endothecata, Montastrea eocenica, Montastrea exsculpta, Montastrea felixi, Montastrea gabbi, Montastrea imperatoris, Montastrea inaequalis, Montastrea intermedia, Montastrea irradians, Montastrea katzeri, Montastrea lauensis, Montastrea laurae, Montastrea lepidoides, Montastrea lilli, Montastrea lyonsi, Montastrea nodosa, Montastrea orbitoides, Montastrea pecosensis, Montastrea pediculata, Montastrea peninsularis, Montastrea pomeli, Montastrea prima, Montastrea roemeriana, Montastrea rotunda, Montastrea rudis, Montastrea schuberti, Montastrea schweinfurthi, Montastrea tabulata, Montastrea tampaensis, Montastrea tchihatcheffi, Montastrea texana, Montastrea trinitatis, Phyllocoenia sculpta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Central Perseverancia, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Central Perseverancia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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