Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447

Belongs to Dendrophyllia according to J. W. Wells 1944

Sister taxa: Dendrophyllia amica, Dendrophyllia boschmai, Dendrophyllia californiana, Dendrophyllia candelabrum, Dendrophyllia cladocoracea, Dendrophyllia cornigera, Dendrophyllia cornucopia, Dendrophyllia cowlitzensis, Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides, 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 striata, Dendrophyllia subcornigera, Dendrophyllia taurinensis, Dendrophyllia tejonensis, Dendrophyllia trifurcata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aragua District, NE Venezuela, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine claystone in the Santa Inés Formation of Venezuela

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder