Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(5):59-76
Belongs to Siderastrea according to B. L. Clark 1918
See also López-Pérez 2005 and Nomland 1916
Sister taxa: Siderastrea (Siderastrea), Siderastrea adkinsi, Siderastrea banksi, Siderastrea bertrandiana, 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, Siderastrea washingtonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek
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