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Antillocyathus alatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Antillocyathus alatus was named by Cairns and Wells (1987). Its type locality is NMB Loc. 15871 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian perireef or subreef siliciclastic/limestone in the Rio Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusAntillocyathusWells 1937
speciesalatus

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.

†Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells 1987
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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: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 07:41:50
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:41:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Dominican Republic Antillocyathus alatus (93683)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Antillocyathus alatus (90618)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Antillocyathus alatus (93681)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Antillocyathus alatus (type locality: 93601 93687 93709 93710 93716)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Antillocyathus alatus (75040)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Antillocyathus alatus (90620 93640 93642)