Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863 (stony coral)

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), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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