Petrophyllia vernonensis Vaughan 1941 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Alternative combination: Archohelia vernonensis

Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1941. New corals: one recent, Alaska; three Eocene, Alabama and Louisiana. Journal of Paleontology 15(3):280-284

Belongs to Petrophyllia according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also Vaughan 1941

Sister taxa: Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) arkansensis, Petrophyllia clarki, Petrophyllia dartoni, Petrophyllia gardnerae, Petrophyllia limonensis, Petrophyllia rediviva, Petrophyllia remisovi, Petrophyllia weaveri

Type specimen: Its type locality is East bank of Toro Bayou, La., which is in a Lutetian marine wackestone in the St. Maurice Formation of Louisiana.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East bank of Toro Bayou, La.

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