Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
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 Oculina according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Oculina aldrichi, Oculina antiqua, Oculina becki, Oculina conferta, Oculina diffusa, Oculina harrisi, Oculina hobleyi, Oculina nefrens, Oculina oamaruensis, Oculina olssoni, Oculina osiris, Oculina panzana, Oculina parvistella, Oculina peruviana, Oculina robusta, Oculina sarasotana, Oculina singleyi, Oculina smithi, Oculina umbellata, Oculina valenciennesi, Oculina varicosa, Oculina virgosa, Oculina wagneriana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Greggs Landing, Greggs Landing Marl, which is in a Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Alabama
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: Alabama collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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