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Cyathophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllia was named by Fromentel (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale K Berr-u Sepkoski's reference number: 846,848]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Montlivaltia by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Kiessling (2008).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cyathophyllia Fromentel
2002Cyathophyllia Sepkoski
2008Cyathophyllia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeFelix 1900
genusCyathophylliaFromentel 1865

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. †Cyathophyllia Fromentel 1865
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Cyathophyllia cretacaea Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Tunisia C. cretacaea (79219)