Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Synonym: Favites yborensis Weisbord 1973
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 Goniastrea according to Vaughan 1919
See also Flórez et al. 2018, López-Pérez 2005 and Weisbord 1973
Sister taxa: Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae, Goniastrea australensis, Goniastrea capitata, Goniastrea cocchii, Goniastrea columella, Goniastrea crassisepta, Goniastrea curasavica, Goniastrea delemontana, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea favulus, Goniastrea grandiflora, Goniastrea insignis, Goniastrea longula, Goniastrea matanomadhensis, Goniastrea muralis, Goniastrea parvistella, Goniastrea parvula, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea peresi, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea tenera
Type specimens:
- Goniastrea canalis: Its type locality is Vaughn Station 601 - Empire [Emperador Limestone], which is in an Aquitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Culebra Formation of Panama
- Favites yborensis: Its type locality is Ballast Point, Silex Bed [Tampa Limestone], which is in a Chattian/Aquitanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Arcadia Formation of Florida.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Mexico (3), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Panama (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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