Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
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 Astrangia according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Astrangia (Coenangia), Astrangia boreas, Astrangia calhounensis, Astrangia clarki, Astrangia coalingensis, Astrangia cretacea, Astrangia danae, Astrangia expansa, Astrangia floridana, Astrangia grandis, Astrangia harrisi, Astrangia insignifica, Astrangia leonensis, Astrangia lineatus, Astrangia ludoviciana, Astrangia manthelanensis, Astrangia persica, Astrangia talquinensis, Astrangia vasconiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Prairie Creek, which is in a Paleocene coastal siliciclastic in Alabama
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Prairie Creek
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