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Polytremacis blainvillei

Anthozoa - Helioporacea

Taxonomy
Heliopora blainvilleana was named by Michelin (1841).

It was recombined as Polytremacis blainvilleana by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Polytremacis blainvillei by Alloiteau (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Heliopora blainvilleana Michelin
1850Polytremacis blainvilleana d'Orbigny
1957Polytremacis blainvillei Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHelioporacea
genusPolytremacis
speciesblainvillei(Michelin 1841)

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.

Polytremacis blainvillei Michelin 1841
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Bulgaria Polytremacis blainvillei (67563)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.2Georgia Polytremacis blainvilleana (91627)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Polytremacis blainvillei (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Polytremacis blainvillei (206415)