†Astrhelia burnsi Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)
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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
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jackson
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