Elephantaria tottoni Wells 1935 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae

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 Elephantaria according to J. W. Wells 1935

Sister taxa: Elephantaria (Bosnopsammia), Elephantaria lindstroemi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds", which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the "Catadupa Beds" Formation of Jamaica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds"

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