Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Full reference: H. F. Filkorn and J. Pantoja-Alor. 2009. Cretaceous corals from the Huetamo region, Michoacan and Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Boletin 116:1-169
Belongs to Thamnasteria according to H. F. Filkorn and J. Pantoja-Alor 2009
Sister taxa: Thamnasteria abukumaensis, Thamnasteria andranomarivensis, Thamnasteria aspera, Thamnasteria bevoayensis, Thamnasteria bonanomii, Thamnasteria communis, Thamnasteria concinna, Thamnasteria concinnaformis, Thamnasteria constricta, Thamnasteria coquandi, Thamnasteria cotteaui, Thamnasteria defrancei, Thamnasteria dendroidea, Thamnasteria felixi, Thamnasteria globosa, Thamnasteria gracilis, Thamnasteria heterogenea, Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri, Thamnasteria huzimotoi, Thamnasteria imlayi, Thamnasteria iranensis, Thamnasteria jaccardi, Thamnasteria japonica, Thamnasteria jezoensis, Thamnasteria kobyi, Thamnasteria latistellata, Thamnasteria leptopetala, Thamnasteria lobata, Thamnasteria loryi, Thamnasteria maeandra, Thamnasteria mammosa, Thamnasteria matsushitai, Thamnasteria microconos, Thamnasteria minima, Thamnasteria miyakoensis, Thamnasteria moreana, Thamnasteria naumanni, Thamnasteria nicoleti, Thamnasteria ogawaensis, Thamnasteria patina, Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis, Thamnasteria racemosa, Thamnasteria rhaetica, Thamnasteria rumignyensis, Thamnasteria scita, Thamnasteria seriata, Thamnasteria settsassi, Thamnasteria sinuata, Thamnasteria sinuosa, Thamnasteria smithi, Thamnasteria suprajurensis, Thamnasteria tenuissima, Thamnasteria tokushimaensis, Thamnasteria torinosuensis, Thamnasteria yuraensis, Thamnastrea dumonti, Thamnastrea dumosa, Thamnastrea perroni, Thamnastrea portlandica, Centrastrea granulata, Centrastrea bayardi, Centrastrea oculata, Centrastrea arborescens, Centrastrea interrupta, Dactylocoenia digitata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chumbitaro, MP 17, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian perireef or subreef wackestone in the Mal Paso Formation of Mexico
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chumbitaro, MP 17
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