†Rhizopsammia arnoldi Durham 1941 (stony coral)
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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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