Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Alternative combination: Siderastrea cuyleri
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1932. Corals of the Trinity Group of the Comanchean of central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 6(3):225-256
Belongs to Eosiderastrea according to H. Löser 2016
See also Morycowa 1964
Sister taxa: Eosiderastrea grandipora, Eosiderastrea paragrandipora, Eosiderastrea stefani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cow Creek near Travis Peak Post Office, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone in the Travis Peak Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Poland (2 collections), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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