Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Alternative combination: Amphihelia natchitochensis
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 Madrepora according to W. Kiessling 2008
See also Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Madrepora (Amphihelia), Madrepora bureaui, Madrepora costata, Madrepora granulata, Madrepora kauaiensis, Madrepora mississippiensis, Madrepora mitsukurii, Madrepora oculata, Madrepora poculata, Madrepora porcellana, Madrepora profunda, Madrepora punctulata, Madrepora solida, Madrepora vasseuri, Madrepora vicksburgensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Natchitoches, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Louisiana
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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