Dimorpharaea manchacaensis Wells 1933 (stony coral)

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

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