Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
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 Endopachys according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Endopachys alticostatum, Endopachys claibornensis, Endopachys expansum, Endopachys grayi, Endopachys maclurii, Endopachys minutum, Endopachys tampae, Endopachys triangulare
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coffeeville, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone in the Lisbon Formation of Alabama
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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