Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Madrepora according to T. A. Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Madrepora (Amphihelia), Madrepora bureaui, Madrepora costata, Madrepora granulata, Madrepora kauaiensis, Madrepora mitsukurii, Madrepora natchitochensis, Madrepora oculata, Madrepora poculata, Madrepora porcellana, Madrepora profunda, Madrepora punctulata, Madrepora solida, Madrepora vasseuri, Madrepora vicksburgensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Vicksburg
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