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Deltocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy

Deltocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Wienrich (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

D. australis, D. complanatus (syn. Discosmilia analavelonensis), D. fontinalis, D. heteroclitus, D. insperatus, D. italicus, D. lens, D. stellaris, D. taiwanicus, D. tuberculatus, D. verconis, D. whitei (syn. Platycyathus ghiroboensis)

Synonyms

Discosmilia was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Than-l Sepkoski's reference number: 86]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sakalavicyathus by Baron-Szabo (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Deltocyathus by Baron-Szabo (2008).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Deltocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1958	Discosmilia Alloiteau
1997	Deltocyathus Wienrich p. 89
2002	Deltocyathus Sepkoski
2002	Discosmilia Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Caryophylliina	(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamily	Caryophylliicae	Gray 1847
family	Caryophylliidae	Gray 1847
genus	Deltocyathus	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Deltocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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†Deltocyathus australis Gerth 1921

†Deltocyathus complanatus Squires 1958

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Invalid names: Discosmilia analavelonensis Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]

†Deltocyathus fontinalis Dennant 1904

Deltocyathus heteroclitus Wells 1984

†Deltocyathus insperatus Goedert and Peckmann 2005

Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838

Deltocyathus lens Alcock 1902

†Deltocyathus stellaris Dennant 1904

Deltocyathus taiwanicus Hu 1987

†Deltocyathus tuberculatus Gerth 1923

†Deltocyathus verconis Dennant 1904

†Deltocyathus whitei Durham 1943

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Invalid names: Platycyathus ghiroboensis Barta-Calmus 1969 [synonym]

Invalid names: Discosmilia Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

Grouping:

solitaryf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-29 09:16:20

Modified:

2004-02-29 11:16:20

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Ionian or 83.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections (45 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piripauan	85.8 - 83.5	New Zealand	D. complanatus (89001 89003)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand (Chatham Islands)	D. complanatus (3647)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	Madagascar (Toliara)	Discosmilia analavelonensis (86519)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Egypt	Discosmilia analavelonensis (87218)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	D. whitei (11117)
Late/Upper Paleocene	58.7 - 55.8	USA (California)	D. whitei (36864)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Cote D'Ivoire	Platycyathus ghiroboensis (209338 209339 209340)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Australia (Victoria)	D. fontinalis (122467)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Tonga	D. sp. (70950)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Australia (Victoria)	D. fontinalis (122478) D. stellaris, D. fontinalis (122348)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	D. sp. (163836)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	USA (Washington)	D. insperatus (91619)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Hungary	D. italicus (124425 124448)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Australia (Tasmania)	D. fontinalis (122345)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	D. reussi (62899)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Indonesia	D. australis (71058)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Australia (Victoria)	D. fontinalis (122477) D. verconis (122349)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	D. reussi (61899 61905 61906 62887) D. sp. (61897)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Grenada	D. sp. (58667)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Malaysia (Borneo)	D. leupoldi (45349)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Australia (South Australia)	D. verconis (122479)
Serravallian - Tortonian	13.82 - 7.246	Italy	D. sp. (191624)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Romania	D. italicus (123125)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Czech Republic	D. sp. (88803)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Poland	D. italicus (123733)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Morocco	D. italicus (161355 161391)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy	D. italicus (70491 70496 70497)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia	D. australis, D. tuberculatus (109047)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	D. italicus (93642)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Indonesia (Maluku)	D. lens (127839)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.781	Taiwan	D. taiwanicus (89259)
Ionian	0.774 - 0.129	Vanuatu	D. heteroclitus (84452)