Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Alternative combination: Cyathomorpha anguillensis
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524
Belongs to Agathiphyllia according to S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim 1974
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Agathiphyllia antiguensis, Agathiphyllia bosniaca, Agathiphyllia browni, Agathiphyllia gregaria, Agathiphyllia hilli, Agathiphyllia robusta, Agathiphyllia splendens, Agathiphyllia tenuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Road Bay, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/limestone in the Anguilla Formation of Anguilla
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Anguilla (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Cuba (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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