Astrangia harrisi Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)

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 insignifica, Astrangia leonensis, Astrangia lineatus, Astrangia ludoviciana, Astrangia manthelanensis, Astrangia persica, Astrangia talquinensis, Astrangia vasconiensis, Astrangia wilcoxensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vince Bluff, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Arkansas

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Arkansas, Mississippi collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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