Paracyathus alternatus Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

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 Paracyathus according to T. W. Vaughan 1900

Sister taxa: Paracyathus adetos, Paracyathus altus, Paracyathus bastropensis, Paracyathus bellus, Paracyathus crassus, Paracyathus cylindricus, Paracyathus granulosus, Paracyathus henekeni, Paracyathus incrustans, Paracyathus javana, Paracyathus nannodes, Paracyathus pedroensis, Paracyathus peruvianus, Paracyathus procumbens, Paracyathus ravni, Paracyathus rugosus, Paracyathus sinuosus, Paracyathus stearnsii, Paracyathus stokesii, Paracyathus tasmanicus, Paracyathus taurinensis, Paracyathus turonensis, Paracyathus vaughani, Paracyathus vaughani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Lebanon, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Louisiana

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (13: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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