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Cladochonus tenuicollis

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae

Taxonomy
Cladochonus tenuicollis was named by M'Coy (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cladochonus tenuicollis M'Coy p. 227 figs. Pl 11, fig 8
1964Cladochonus tenuicollis Maxwell p. 37 figs. Pl 12, fig 5

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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
speciestenuicollis

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: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hill 1981, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Westphalian or 358.86000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (75617)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (58011 58018)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (5603)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus tenuicollis (40010)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (type locality: 133349)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus tenuicollis (144999)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (59785)