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Cycliphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyclophyllia was named by Roniewicz (1989). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Cycliphyllia by Roniewicz (1991).

It was assigned to Cyclophylliidae by Roniewicz (1991), Turnsek (1997).

Species
C. cyclica, C. major

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cyclophyllia Roniewicz
1991Cycliphyllia Roniewicz
1997Cyclophyllia Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
superfamilyVolzeioideaCuif 1977
familyCyclophylliidaeRoniewicz 1989
genusCycliphyllia(Roniewicz 1989)

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.

G. †Cycliphyllia Roniewicz 1989
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†Cycliphyllia cyclica Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
†Cycliphyllia major Roniewicz 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Slovenia Cyclophyllia raricorallita (68757) Cyclophyllia raricorallita, Cyclophyllia cyclica (68756)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Oman Cyclophyllia cyclica (24306)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Austria (Calcareous Alps) Thecosmilia cyclica (38148)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Slovenia Cyclophyllia raricorallita (36566)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18India Retiophyllia cyclica (36386)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Retiophyllia cyclica (36815)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Calcareous Alps) Cyclophyllia cyclica (38141) Cyclophyllia cyclica, Cyclophyllia major (38144) Cyclophyllia major (38145)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Slovenia Cyclophyllia cyclica (36572)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Cyclophyllia major, Thecosmilia cyclica (36801 36807)