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Platycyathus kawakamiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Platycyathus kawakamiensis was named by Eguchi (1951). Its type locality is Sinegorsk (Kawakami colliery), which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine horizon in the Bykov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Platycyathus kawakamiensis Eguchi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusPlatycyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieskawakamiensis

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: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:30:03
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:30:03
Source: subg = subgenus, g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Platycyathus kawakamiensis (type locality: 91352)