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Cladochonus nicholsoni

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae

Taxonomy
Monilopora nicholsoni was named by Etheridge (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Marmion (Maitland coll), which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Cladochonus nicholsoni by Hill (1942), Parfrey (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Monilopora nicholsoni Etheridge Jr. p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 2-4; pl 7, fig 4
1942Cladochonus nicholsoni Hill p. 69
1988Cladochonus nicholsoni Parfrey p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; pl 2, fig 17

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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
speciesnicholsoni()

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 nicholsoni Etheridge Jr. 1915
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hill 1981

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 283.30000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Monilopora nicholsoni (type locality: 106707)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus nicholsoni (209010 209011 209013)