Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
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 Astrangia according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Astrangia (Coenangia), Astrangia boreas, Astrangia calhounensis, Astrangia clarki, Astrangia coalingensis, Astrangia cretacea, Astrangia danae, Astrangia expansa, Astrangia floridana, Astrangia grandis, Astrangia harrisi, Astrangia insignifica, Astrangia leonensis, Astrangia lineatus, Astrangia manthelanensis, Astrangia persica, Astrangia talquinensis, Astrangia vasconiensis, Astrangia wilcoxensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Montgomery, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Louisiana
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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