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Alveolocyathus felixi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Conocyathus felixi was named by Filkorn (1994). Its type locality is Seymour Island I,, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay sandstone/siltstone in the López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica.

It was recombined as Alveolocyathus felixi by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Alveolocyathus nordenskjoeldi Filkorn
1994Conocyathus felixi Filkorn
1994Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn
2008Alveolocyathus felixi Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusAlveolocyathus
speciesfelixi(Filkorn 1994)

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.

Alveolocyathus felixi Filkorn 1994
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Invalid names: Alveolocyathus nordenskjoeldi Filkorn 1994 [synonym], Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Alveolocyathus nordenskjoeldi, Conocyathus felixi, Laminocyathus wellsi (type locality: 11304)