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Cryptocoenia claudiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Cyathophora claudiensis was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cryptocoenia claudiensis by de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. dolfussi, C. explanata, C. gregoryi, C. insueta, C. kiliani, C. picteti, C. suboctonis, C. waltoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Cyathophora claudiensis Etallon
1859Cyathophora claudiensis Étallon p. 479
1861Cryptocoenia claudiensis de Fromentel p. 198
1955Cyathophora claudiensis Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCryptocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciesclaudiensis()

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.

†Cryptocoenia claudiensis Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 05:54:51
Modified: 2008-02-10 07:54:51
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alloiteau and Bernier 1969, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Valanginian or 157.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Cyathophora claudiensis (68377)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Cyathophora claudiensis (90002)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Cyathophora claudiensis (35201)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cyathophora claudiensis (23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cyathophora claudiensis (23903 23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Cyathophora claudiensis (89994)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Cyathophora claudiensis (36537 36540)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Cyathophora claudiensis (233521)