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Ceratocyathus curvatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Ceratocyathus curvatus was named by Gerth (1923). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tanah Belang, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Caryophyllia cylindricus, C. communis
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2011-05-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Ceratocyathus curvatus Gerth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusCeratocyathusLamarck 1801
speciescurvatus

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.

†Ceratocyathus curvatus Gerth 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available