Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Full reference: H. Yabe and M. Eguchi. 1944. Note on a fossil Dendrophyllia from the Miocene of the Tugaru District in Aomori-Ken. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 51(607):135-137
Belongs to Dendrophyllia according to H. Yabe and M. Eguchi 1944
Sister taxa: Dendrophyllia amica, Dendrophyllia araguensis, Dendrophyllia boschmai, Dendrophyllia californiana, Dendrophyllia candelabrum, Dendrophyllia cladocoracea, Dendrophyllia cornigera, Dendrophyllia cowlitzensis, Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides, Dendrophyllia digitalis, Dendrophyllia dudleyi, Dendrophyllia epithecata, Dendrophyllia globulina, Dendrophyllia guidottii, Dendrophyllia hannibali, Dendrophyllia lisbonensis, Dendrophyllia longaeva, Dendrophyllia multigemmata, Dendrophyllia nodosa, Dendrophyllia oahensis, Dendrophyllia oldroydi, Dendrophyllia oroseiensis, Dendrophyllia pahiensis, Dendrophyllia paroniana, Dendrophyllia peruviana, Dendrophyllia striata, Dendrophyllia subcornigera, Dendrophyllia taurinensis, Dendrophyllia tejonensis, Dendrophyllia trifurcata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hotabebuti, Akaishi-gawa, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Tanosawa Formation of Japan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hotabebuti, Akaishi-gawa
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