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Deltocyathus whitei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Deltocyathus whitei was named by Durham (1943). Its type locality is LSJU loc. 2073, Panoche Quad, which is in a Paleocene deep-water sandstone in the Lodo Formation of California.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Deltocyathus whitei Durham
1969Platycyathus ghiroboensis Barta-Calmus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDeltocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieswhitei

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†Deltocyathus whitei Durham 1943
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Invalid names: Platycyathus ghiroboensis Barta-Calmus 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available