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Trochoseris aperta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Trochoseris aperta was named by Duncan (1864).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. daviesi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Trochoseris aperta Duncan
1880Elliptoseris aperta Duncan
1880Turbinoseris elegans Duncan
1899Trochoseris catadupensis Vaughan
1899Trochosmilia hilli Vaughan
1919Trochoseris meinzeri Vaughan
1987Fungiacyathus bodrakensis Kuzmicheva
2005Trochoseris meinzeri López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusTrochoserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesapertaDuncan 1864

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.

†Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864
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Invalid names: Elliptoseris aperta Duncan 1880 [synonym], Fungiacyathus bodrakensis Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym], Trochoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899 [synonym], Trochoseris meinzeri Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Trochosmilia hilli Vaughan 1899 [synonym], Turbinoseris elegans Duncan 1880 [synonym]
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 83.60000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Cuba Trochoseris catadupensis (87671)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) Trochoseris catadupensis, Trochosmilia hilli (88337)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Trochoseris catadupensis (27657)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico Trochoseris aperta (138913) Trochoseris catadupensis, Trochosmilia hilli (74810)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Trochoseris catadupensis (27650 27651)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) Trochoseris catadupensis (161333 161334)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) Trochoseris catadupensis (163010 163013 163029 163079)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Trochoseris catadupensis (27645 27646)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Ukraine (Krym) Fungiacyathus bodrakensis (86684)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) Trochoseris aperta (233247)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Elliptoseris aperta, Turbinoseris elegans, Trochoseris difformis (11289)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Trochoseris sp. (34652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Cuba Trochoseris meinzeri (77046)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Jamaica Trochoseris meinzeri (69728)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mexico (Chiapas) Trochoseris meinzeri (85732)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Trochoseris meinzeri (69724)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Cuba Trochoseris meinzeri (71129)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Panama Trochoseris meinzeri (124627)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Trochoseris catadupensis (65162 84329)