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Mycedium elephantotus
Taxonomy
Madrepora elephantotus was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.
It was recombined as Mycedium elephantotus by Oken (1815).
It was recombined as Mycedium elephantotus by Oken (1815).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Madrepora elephantotus Pallas |
| 1815 | Mycedium elephantotus Oken |
| 1846 | Phyllastraea tubifex Dana |
| 1860 | Mycedium tubifex Milne-Edwards and Haime |
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Mycedium elephantotus Pallas 1766
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Invalid names: Mycedium tubifex Dana 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | Mycedium tubifex (45343) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia (Maluku) | Mycedium tubifex (127839) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia | Mycedium elephantotus (104657) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Mycedium elephantotus (80963) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Mycedium elephantotus (84621) |