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Antillocyathus cristatus
Taxonomy
Placocyathus cristatus was named by Vaughan and Hoffmeister (1925). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 7785 Rio Mao, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.
It was recombined as Antillocyathus cristatus by Wells (1937).
It was recombined as Antillocyathus cristatus by Wells (1937).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1925 | Placocyathus cristatus Vaughan |
1925 | Placocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister |
1937 | Antillocyathus cristatus Wells |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Antillocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Placocyathus cristatus (type locality: 93684) | |
Messinian | Dominican Republic | Antillocyathus cristatus (93648 93652) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Antillocyathus cristatus (89542) | |
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Antillocyathus cristatus (93655) | |
Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Antillocyathus cristatus (79998) | |
Piacenzian | Costa Rica (Limon) | Antillocyathus cristatus (79799) |