Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Alternative combination: Coelohelia wagneriana
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 W. Kiessling 2008
See also Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Oculina alabamensis, 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 suprajurensis, Oculina umbellata, Oculina valenciennesi, Oculina varicosa, Oculina virgosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lower Peach Tree 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 (2: Alabama, South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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