Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
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 Dimorpharaea according to J. W. Wells 1933
Sister taxa: Dimorpharaea aequiseptalis, Dimorpharaea burulchiensis, Dimorpharaea catalaunica, Dimorpharaea convexa, Dimorpharaea deickei, Dimorpharaea desori, Dimorpharaea expansa, Dimorpharaea globularis, Dimorpharaea japonica, Dimorpharaea koechlini, Dimorpharaea lehmani, Dimorpharaea lentiformis, Dimorpharaea lineata, Dimorpharaea munsteri, Dimorpharaea ornata, Dimorpharaea stellans, Dimorpharaea tosaensis, Dimorpharaea williamsonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Manchaca, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Buda Limestone Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Georgia (1 collection), Greece (1), Switzerland (1), United States (4: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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