Stenocyathus alabamiensis Wells 1947 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1947. Coral Studies, Part III. Three new Cretaceous corals from Texas and Alabama, Part IV. A new species of Phyllangia from the Florida Miocene, Part V. A new Coenocyathus from Florida. Bulletins of American Paleontology 31(123):162-176

Belongs to Stenocyathus according to J. W. Wells 1947

Sister taxa: Stenocyathus hoffmeisteri, Stenocyathus vermiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Linden, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal marl in the Prairie Bluff Formation of Alabama

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Linden

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