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Protrochiscolithus hembrilloensis

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Palaeoporitidae

Taxonomy
Protrochiscolithus hembrilloensis was named by Flower (1961). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hembrillo Canyon, San Andres Mountains, which is in an Edenian shallow subtidal limestone in the Second Value Formation of New Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cummingi, P. kiaeri, P. magnus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Protrochiscolithus hembrilloensis Flower

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCoccoseridicaeKiaer 1899
familyPalaeoporitidaeKiaer 1899
genusProtrochiscolithusTroedsson 1928
specieshembrilloensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (New Mexico) Protrochiscolithus hembrilloensis (type locality: 80619)