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Parapolytremacis bellardii

Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae

Taxonomy
Heliopora bellardii was named by Haime (1852).

It was recombined as Polytremacis bellardii by Eliasova (1974); it was recombined as Parapolytremacis bellardii by Pfister (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. actinacioides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Heliopora bellardii Haime
1974Polytremacis bellardii Eliasova
1980Parapolytremacis bellardii Pfister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHelioporacea
familyHelioporidaeMoseley 1876
genusParapolytremacisAlloiteau 1957
speciesbellardii(Haime 1852)

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: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 09:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 66.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Ukraine (Cherkaska) Heliopora bellardii (77069)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Czechia Polytremacis bellardii (69521)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (75454)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Czechia Polytremacis bellardii (69514)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Polytremacis bellardii (34481)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Croatia Heliopora bellardii (124308 124309)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary Heliopora bellardii (123836 123837 123841 123843 123846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Parapolytremacis bellardii (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (69968)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (69940 69941 69943 69965)