Elephantaria Oppenheim 1930 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae

Parent taxon: Actinacididae according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinacis, Actinhelia, Thamnarea

Subtaxa: Elephantaria (Bosnopsammia) Elephantaria lindstroemi Elephantaria tottoni

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Type: Elephantaria lindstroemi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), Croatia (1), France (1)

• Paleocene of Slovenia (8)

• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Jamaica (8), Slovakia (2)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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