Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288
Belongs to Platycyathus according to J. W. Wells 1933
Sister taxa: Platycyathus eburnensis, Platycyathus grahami, Platycyathus kawakamiensis, Platycyathus orbignyi, Platycyathus yezoensis, Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) powelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Katy Lake Dam, Fort Worth [Weno Limestone], which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Weno Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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