Balanophyllia variabilis Nomland 1916 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California Publications 9(5):59-76

Belongs to Balanophyllia according to C. E. Weaver 1942

See also Merriam and Turner 1937 and Nomland 1916

Sister taxa: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia), Balanophyllia acostae, Balanophyllia alta, Balanophyllia annularis, Balanophyllia augustinensis, Balanophyllia basedowi, Balanophyllia bavarica, Balanophyllia besairiei, Balanophyllia blakeleyensis, Balanophyllia calyculus, Balanophyllia campanulata, Balanophyllia cauliculata, Balanophyllia caulifera, Balanophyllia clarendonensis, Balanophyllia complanata, Balanophyllia compressa, Balanophyllia concinna, Balanophyllia conica, Balanophyllia cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia cowlitzensis, Balanophyllia cumingii, Balanophyllia desmophyllum, Balanophyllia elegans, Balanophyllia elongata, Balanophyllia formosana, Balanophyllia fossata, Balanophyllia fulleri, Balanophyllia gigas, Balanophyllia haleana, Balanophyllia hectori, Balanophyllia imperialis, Balanophyllia inauris, Balanophyllia induta, Balanophyllia irregularis, Balanophyllia irrorata, Balanophyllia italica, Balanophyllia nonaradiata, Balanophyllia oppenheimi, Balanophyllia oulangiformis, Balanophyllia parallela, Balanophyllia patera, Balanophyllia patula, Balanophyllia pittieri, Balanophyllia piuraensis, Balanophyllia ponderosa, Balanophyllia praelonga, Balanophyllia redivivus, Balanophyllia rovasendai, Balanophyllia salpynx, Balanophyllia soloensis, Balanophyllia striatissima, Balanophyllia teglandae, Balanophyllia thalassae, Balanophyllia torta, Balanophyllia truncata, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia varians, Balanophyllia washingtonensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pachysepta, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zelandiae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zuffardii, Eupsammia compressa

Type specimen: UCMP 15384. Its type locality is UCMP 714, Riggs Canyon, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Eocene of United States (6: California, Washington)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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