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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