Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
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 Favia according to T. W. Vaughan 1919
Sister taxa: Favia africana, Favia aquitaniensis, Favia beaumaderiensis, Favia clarki, Favia claudiensis, Favia corollaris, Favia costata, Favia dalmatina, Favia danae, Favia denticulata, Favia dominicensis, Favia ehrenbergi, Favia exilis, Favia falloti, Favia faviodes, Favia favioides, Favia fragum, Favia friedbergi, Favia gotschevi, Favia gravida, Favia gregoryi, Favia haipensis, Favia hannai, Favia hemispherica, Favia jezoensis, Favia junghuhni, Favia kabyliensis, Favia leptophylla, Favia lobata, Favia maastrichtensis, Favia macrocalyx, Favia macrotheca, Favia madhuwalensis, Favia magnifica, Favia maoadentrensis, Favia mathai, Favia melitae, Favia meneguzzoi, Favia merriami, Favia oishii, Favia okeni, Favia ornata, Favia planissima, Favia praeamplior, Favia profunda, Favia ritteneri, Favia somaliensis, Favia striatula, Favia subdenticulata, Favia texana, Favia turbinata, Favia valfinensis, Favia vokesae, Favia weisbordi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tonosi, USGS 6587, which is in an Oligocene shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in Panama
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovenia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Panama (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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