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Conotrochus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Conotrochus was named by Seguenza (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) by Yabe and Eguchi (1942).

It was assigned to Ceratotrochus by Yabe and Eguchi (1942); to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1956), Cairns (1994); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Girndt on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Conotrochus Seguenza
1942Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) Yabe and Eguchi
1956Conotrochus Wells
1994Conotrochus Cairns
2002Conotrochus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusConotrochusSeguenza 1864

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.

G. Conotrochus Seguenza 1864
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Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) elongatus Yabe and Eguchi 1942
Conotrochus giraliensis Jell et al. 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-11-30 02:22:59
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:38:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) C. giraliensis (123004)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Iran Ceratotrochus sp. (41074)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia C. sp. (123805)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Austria Ceratotrochus cylindriformis (146399)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. brunneus (109047)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy C. typus (71473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Ceratotrochus elongatus (92589)