Astrhelia burnsi Vaughan 1900

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Alternative combination: Astrohelia burnsi

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 Astrhelia according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also Vaughan 1900

Sister taxon: Astrhelia neglecta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Mississippi

Distribution: found only at Jackson

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