Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combinations: Dominicotrochus dominicensis, Smilotrochus dominicensis
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1925. New species of fossil corals from the Dominican Republic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 67(8):315-326
Belongs to Platytrochus according to S. D. Cairns 1997
See also Frost and Langenheim 1974
Sister taxa: Platytrochus airensis, Platytrochus bataviae, Platytrochus burcki, Platytrochus claibornensis, Platytrochus curvatus, Platytrochus diabloensis, Platytrochus elegans, Platytrochus hastatus, Platytrochus maudensis, Platytrochus merriami, Platytrochus primaevus, Platytrochus vacuus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gabb collection, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Dominican Republic
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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