Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) excelsa Dennant 1904 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiacyathidae

Alternative combination: Bathyactis excelsa

Full reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76

Belongs to Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) according to H. F. Filkorn 1994

See also Dennant 1904

Sister taxon: Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) beaumariensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Creek, Dennant collection, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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