†Dichocoenia alabamensis Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263
Belongs to Dichocoenia according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Dichocoenia aenigma, Dichocoenia anomalos, Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis, Dichocoenia eminens, Dichocoenia stokesi, Dichocoenia tuberosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Prairie Creek, which is in a Paleocene coastal siliciclastic in Alabama
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Prairie Creek
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