Oculina wagneriana Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Alternative combination: Coelohelia wagneriana

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 Oculina according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also Vaughan 1900

Sister taxa: Oculina alabamensis, Oculina aldrichi, Oculina antiqua, Oculina becki, Oculina conferta, Oculina diffusa, Oculina harrisi, Oculina hobleyi, Oculina nefrens, Oculina oamaruensis, Oculina olssoni, Oculina osiris, Oculina panzana, Oculina parvistella, Oculina peruviana, Oculina robusta, Oculina sarasotana, Oculina singleyi, Oculina smithi, Oculina umbellata, Oculina valenciennesi, Oculina varicosa, Oculina virgosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lower Peach Tree Landing, Greggs Landing Marl, which is in a Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Alabama

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, South Carolina collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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