Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Alternative combination: Cyathomorpha hilli
Synonym: Cyathomorpha belli Vaughan 1919
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 Budd et al. 1994, López-Pérez 2005 and Vaughan 1919
Sister taxa: Agathiphyllia anguillensis, Agathiphyllia antiguensis, Agathiphyllia bosniaca, Agathiphyllia browni, Agathiphyllia gregaria, Agathiphyllia robusta, Agathiphyllia splendens, Agathiphyllia tenuis
Type specimens:
- Agathiphyllia hilli: Its type locality is Willoughby Bay, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda
- Cyathomorpha belli: Its type locality is Rifle Butts, USGS 6854, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Anguilla (1 collection), Panama (2)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (10), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (2)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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