Pleurodictyum dunbari Merriam 1973 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1973. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Rabbit Hill Limestone and Lone Mountain Dolomite of central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 808:1-50

Belongs to Pleurodictyum according to C. W. Merriam 1973

Sister taxa: Pleurodictyum nevadensis, Pleurodictyum subramosum

Type specimen: USNM 159522. Its type locality is USGS M409, Rabbit Hill, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS M409, Rabbit Hill

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