Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:1-6
Belongs to Desmophyllum according to J. Dennant 1902
Sister taxa: Desmophyllum cantamessi, Desmophyllum castellolense, Desmophyllum conulatum, Desmophyllum coulsoni, Desmophyllum decuplum, Desmophyllum dianthus, Desmophyllum excavatum, Desmophyllum exclavatum, Desmophyllum laevicostatum, Desmophyllum lirioides, Desmophyllum semicostatum, Desmophyllum striatum, Desmophyllum taurinense, Desmophyllum willcoxi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Browns Creek, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Browns Creek
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