Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76
Belongs to Oculina according to J. Dennant 1904
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 valenciennesi, Oculina varicosa, Oculina virgosa, Oculina wagneriana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mindarie, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mindarie
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