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Balanophyllia clarendonensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Eupsammia clarendonensis was named by Wells (1934). Its type locality is Whitney Valley, Clarendon Parish [Yellow Limestone Gp], which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica.

It was recombined as Balanophyllia clarendonensis by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Eupsammia clarendonensis Wells
2008Balanophyllia clarendonensis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
speciesclarendonensis()

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
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:09:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:09:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jamaica Eupsammia clarendonensis (type locality: 77036)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Jamaica Balanophyllia clarendonensis (69727)