Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combination: Aldrichia elegans
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 Platytrochus according to S. D. Cairns 1997
See also Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Platytrochus airensis, Platytrochus bataviae, Platytrochus burcki, Platytrochus claibornensis, Platytrochus curvatus, Platytrochus diabloensis, Platytrochus dominicensis, Platytrochus hastatus, Platytrochus maudensis, Platytrochus merriami, Platytrochus primaevus, Platytrochus vacuus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Montgomery, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Louisiana
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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