Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Alternative combination: Protethmos budaensis
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 Epistreptophyllum according to H. F. Filkorn and J. Pantoja-Alor 2009
See also Wells 1933
Sister taxa: Epistreptophyllum aberrans, Epistreptophyllum bathonicum, Epistreptophyllum boesei, Epistreptophyllum bonjouri, Epistreptophyllum commune, Epistreptophyllum compressum, Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis, Epistreptophyllum cylindratum, Epistreptophyllum densum, Epistreptophyllum diatritum, Epistreptophyllum discus, Epistreptophyllum ellipsoides, Epistreptophyllum flabelliforme, Epistreptophyllum giganteum, Epistreptophyllum griesbachi, Epistreptophyllum irregulare, Epistreptophyllum montis, Epistreptophyllum pararticulatum, Epistreptophyllum shumardi, Epistreptophyllum tenue, Epistreptophyllum tithonicum, Epistreptophyllum tricentrum, Epistreptophyllum typicum, Epistreptophyllum valfinensis, Epistreptophyllum vetusum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shoal Creek, Austin, lower Buda Formation, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Buda Limestone Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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