Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
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 Paracyathus according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Paracyathus adetos, Paracyathus alternatus, Paracyathus altus, Paracyathus bastropensis, Paracyathus crassus, Paracyathus cylindricus, Paracyathus granulosus, Paracyathus henekeni, Paracyathus incrustans, Paracyathus javana, Paracyathus nannodes, Paracyathus pedroensis, Paracyathus peruvianus, Paracyathus procumbens, Paracyathus ravni, Paracyathus rugosus, Paracyathus sinuosus, Paracyathus stearnsii, Paracyathus stokesii, Paracyathus tasmanicus, Paracyathus taurinensis, Paracyathus turonensis, Paracyathus vaughani, Paracyathus vaughani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wautubbee, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (16: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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