Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):84-104
Belongs to Siderastrea according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Durham 1942 and Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Siderastrea (Siderastrea), Siderastrea adkinsi, Siderastrea banksi, Siderastrea bertrandiana, Siderastrea clarki, Siderastrea columnaris, Siderastrea conferta, Siderastrea crenulata, Siderastrea dalli, Siderastrea dubiosa, Siderastrea froehlichiana, Siderastrea grandis, Siderastrea hillsboroensis, Siderastrea italica, Siderastrea mendenhalli, Siderastrea micrommata, Siderastrea miocenica, Siderastrea pliocenica, Siderastrea propitia, Siderastrea radcliffi, Siderastrea radians, Siderastrea savignyana, Siderastrea scotia, Siderastrea senecta, Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea silecensis, Siderastrea splendida, Siderastrea stellata, Siderastrea tuckerae, Siderastrea vancouverensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is A-1807 Beans Point, Bainbridge Island, which is in a Chattian marine conglomerate in the Blakeley Formation of Washington
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at A-1807 Beans Point, Bainbridge Island
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