Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
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 Dendrophyllia according to J. O. Nomland 1916
Sister taxa: Dendrophyllia amica, Dendrophyllia araguensis, Dendrophyllia boschmai, Dendrophyllia californiana, Dendrophyllia candelabrum, Dendrophyllia cladocoracea, Dendrophyllia cornigera, Dendrophyllia cowlitzensis, Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides, Dendrophyllia digitalis, Dendrophyllia dudleyi, Dendrophyllia epithecata, Dendrophyllia globulina, Dendrophyllia guidottii, Dendrophyllia hannibali, Dendrophyllia koiwaii, Dendrophyllia lisbonensis, Dendrophyllia longaeva, Dendrophyllia multigemmata, Dendrophyllia nodosa, Dendrophyllia oahensis, Dendrophyllia oldroydi, Dendrophyllia oroseiensis, Dendrophyllia pahiensis, Dendrophyllia paroniana, Dendrophyllia peruviana, Dendrophyllia striata, Dendrophyllia subcornigera, Dendrophyllia taurinensis, Dendrophyllia trifurcata
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc458, Grapevine Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California, Washington collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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