Rhizopsammia arnoldi Durham 1941 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1941. A new coral from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 15(3):278-279

Belongs to Rhizopsammia according to J. W. Durham 1941

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 12227, a skeleton. Its type locality is UCMP A3448, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the San Joaquin Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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