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Cladochonus shawi

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae

Taxonomy
Cladochonus shawi was named by Wilson and Langenheim (1962). Its type specimen is UCMP 34666 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP B-6215, Water Canyon, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ferguson Mountain Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. nevadensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Cladochonus shawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. p. 514 figs. Pl 89, figs 3-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyPyrgiidaeFromentel 1861
genusCladochonus
speciesshawi

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.

†Cladochonus shawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nevada) Cladochonus shawi (type locality: 120700)