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Eugyra cuyleri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Taxonomy
Eugyra cuyleri was named by Wells (1932). Its type locality is Pleasant Valley Crossing, Blanco River, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Myriophyllia cuyleri by Allison (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Eugyra cuyleri Wells
1955Myriophyllia cuyleri Allison p. 408

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyEugyridaeFromentel 1861
genusEugyraFromentel 1857
speciescuyleri

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.

Eugyra cuyleri Wells 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.77000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Venezuela Myriophyllia cuyleri (90541)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Trinidad and Tobago Myriophyllia cuyleri (25539)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Myriophyllia cuyleri (1878)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Eugyra cuyleri (type locality: 74763)