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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