Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Synonym: Thysanus hayesi Vaughan 1919
Full reference: P. M. Duncan. 1863. On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:406-458
Belongs to Thysanus according to P. M. Duncan 1863
See also Budd and Johnson 1999 and Vaughan 1919
Sister taxa: Thysanus corbicula, Thysanus navicula, Thysanus tenuicostatum
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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