Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Reef corals from the California Middle Eocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(34):503-510
Belongs to Coeloria according to J. W. Durham 1942
Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis
Type specimen: CAS 5914. Its type locality is Domengine Reef, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Mabury Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Domengine Reef
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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