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Platytrochus merriami

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Flabellum merriami was named by Nomland (1916). It is not extant. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.

It was recombined as Trochocyathus merriami by Palmer (1923); it was recombined as Platytrochus merriami by Nomland (1916), Bentson (1943), Cairns (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Flabellum merriami Nomland
1916Platytrochus merriami Nomland
1923Trochocyathus merriami Palmer p. 305 figs. Plate 56, figures 3 and 5
1943Platytrochus merriami Bentson
1997Platytrochus merriami Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyTurbinoliinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
genusPlatytrochusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmerriami()

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.

Platytrochus merriami Nomland 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:30:29
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:52:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Flabellum merriami (type locality: 122294) Platytrochus merriami (78721 78723) Trochocyathus merriami (201621)