Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Alternative combination: Ovalastrea gregoryi
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1935. Corals from the Cretaceous and Eocene of Jamaica. The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany and geology 10(15):183-194
Belongs to Favia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-szabo 2002 and Wells 1935
Sister taxa: Favia africana, Favia aquitaniensis, Favia beaumaderiensis, Favia clarki, Favia corollaris, Favia costata, Favia dalmatina, Favia danae, Favia denticulata, Favia dominicensis, Favia ehrenbergi, Favia exilis, Favia falloti, Favia faviodes, Favia favioides, Favia fragum, Favia friedbergi, Favia gotschevi, Favia gravida, Favia haipensis, Favia hannai, Favia hemispherica, Favia jezoensis, Favia junghuhni, Favia kabyliensis, Favia leptophylla, Favia lobata, Favia maastrichtensis, Favia macdonaldi, Favia macrocalyx, Favia macrotheca, Favia madhuwalensis, Favia magnifica, Favia maoadentrensis, Favia mathai, Favia melitae, Favia meneguzzoi, Favia merriami, Favia oishii, Favia okeni, Favia planissima, Favia praeamplior, Favia profunda, Favia ritterneri, Favia somaliensis, Favia subdenticulata, Favia texana, Favia turbinata, Favia vokesae, Favia weisbordi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Mount [Yellow Limestone Gp], which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (2), Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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