Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1925. New species of fossil corals from the Dominican Republic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 67(8):315-326
Belongs to Antillia according to T. W. Vaughan and J. E. Hoffmeister 1925
Sister taxa: Trachyphyllia bilobata, Trachyphyllia crassa, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Trachyphyllia granti, Trachyphyllia sawkinsi, Antillia heueri, Antillia cristata, Antillia clarki, Antillia poculiformis, Antillia batequensis, Antillia turbinata, Antillia dentata, Antillia hadleyi, Antillia persica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gabb collection, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Dominican Republic
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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