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Agathiphyllia browni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyathomorpha browni was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McKinnon's Mill, USGS 6888, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda.

It was recombined as Agathiphyllia browni by Budd et al. (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cyathomorpha browni Vaughan
1992Agathiphyllia browni Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAgathiphylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAgathiphylliaReuss 1864
speciesbrowni()

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.

Agathiphyllia browni Vaughan 1919
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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 Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama Agathiphyllia browni (7274)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Agathiphyllia browni (203876)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Agathiphyllia browni (203881 203920) Cyathomorpha browni (type locality: 124705)