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Paracyathus alternatus
Taxonomy
Paracyathus alternatus was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Mount Lebanon, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Louisiana.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Paracyathus alternatus Vaughan |
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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.
†Paracyathus alternatus Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Paracyathus alternatus (87837) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Texas) | Paracyathus alternatus (88089) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | Paracyathus alternatus (type locality: 87840 87841) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Paracyathus alternatus (2437 90708 98468 98469 98472 99755 100141 101187 101188) |