Madrepora natchitochensis Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)

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

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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