Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):84-104
Belongs to Balanophyllia according to J. W. Durham 1942
See also Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia), Balanophyllia acostae, Balanophyllia alta, Balanophyllia annularis, Balanophyllia augustinensis, Balanophyllia basedowi, Balanophyllia bavarica, Balanophyllia besairiei, Balanophyllia blakeleyensis, Balanophyllia calyculus, Balanophyllia campanulata, Balanophyllia cauliculata, Balanophyllia caulifera, Balanophyllia clarendonensis, Balanophyllia complanata, Balanophyllia compressa, Balanophyllia concinna, Balanophyllia conica, Balanophyllia cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia cowlitzensis, Balanophyllia cumingii, Balanophyllia desmophyllum, Balanophyllia elegans, Balanophyllia elongata, Balanophyllia formosana, Balanophyllia fossata, Balanophyllia fulleri, Balanophyllia gigas, Balanophyllia haleana, Balanophyllia hectori, Balanophyllia imperialis, Balanophyllia inauris, Balanophyllia induta, Balanophyllia irregularis, Balanophyllia irrorata, Balanophyllia italica, Balanophyllia nonaradiata, Balanophyllia oppenheimi, Balanophyllia oulangiformis, Balanophyllia parallela, Balanophyllia patera, Balanophyllia patula, Balanophyllia pittieri, Balanophyllia piuraensis, Balanophyllia ponderosa, Balanophyllia praelonga, Balanophyllia redivivus, Balanophyllia rovasendai, Balanophyllia salpynx, Balanophyllia soloensis, Balanophyllia striatissima, Balanophyllia thalassae, Balanophyllia torta, Balanophyllia truncata, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia varians, Balanophyllia washingtonensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zelandiae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pachysepta, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana, Eupsammia compressa, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zuffardii
Type specimen: Its type locality is A-1807 Beans Point, Bainbridge Island, which is in a Chattian marine conglomerate in the Blakeley Formation of Washington
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at A-1807 Beans Point, Bainbridge Island
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