Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Synonym: Thysanus crassicostatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Full reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83
Belongs to Hadrophyllia according to A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson 1999
See also Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Hadrophyllia saundersi: Its type locality is NMB Loc15858 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian perireef or subreef sandstone/limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.
- Thysanus crassicostatus: Its type locality is Gabb collection, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (7), Panama (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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