Madrepora mississippiensis Conrad 1848 (stony coral)

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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