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Endopachys

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Endopachys was named by Lonsdale (1845) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Endopachys Lonsdale
1900Rhectopsammia Vaughan
1956Endopachys Wells
2002Endopachys Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusEndopachysLonsdale 1845

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. Endopachys Lonsdale 1845
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Endopachys alticostatum Conrad 1856
Endopachys claibornensis Vaughan 1900
Endopachys expansum Conrad 1856
Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Endopachys japonicum Yabe and Eguchi 1932 [synonym]
Endopachys lonsdalei Vaughan 1900
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833
Endopachys minutum Vaughan 1900
Endopachys tampae Wells 1975
Endopachys triangulare Conrad 1856
Invalid names: Rhectopsammia Vaughan 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) E. sp. (84337)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) E. maclurii (81179)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) E. lonsdale (81224) E. lonsdale, E. maclurii (81238) E. maclurii (81237 81241)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Alabama) E. lonsdalei (88086)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) E. maclurii (88089)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) E. lonsdalei (87837)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) E. sp. (88090)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) E. maclurii (1417 1418 1419 1420)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) E. maclurii (1289 1290 1291 1422 1423 1424 1426 1429 1432)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) E. sp. (5344 5345 5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) E. lonsdale (81266) E. maclurii (2417 2418 2419 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453 2454 3503 81275 81278 81279 81282 89615) E. maclurii, Rhectopsammia claibornensis (88091) E. sp. (3509 3520)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) E. sp. (5366)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) E. lonsdalei (44410 44517 44518) E. maclurii (1413 1414 1415 3534)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) E. londsdalei (99674 101178 101188) E. londsdalei, E. maclurii (100141) E. lonsdalei (90642) E. maclurii (2434 2435 2438 2444 2446 2449 3531 90708 92177 98468 98469 99628 99629 99631 99632 99640 99675 101175 178662) E. maclurii, E. lonsdalei (92171) E. sp., E. maclurii (99736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) E. maclurii (2452)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) E. sp. (5362 5363)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) E. minutum (88145)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) E. maclurii (3539) E. sp., E. maclurii (3538)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) E. expansum, E. triangulare (208935)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) E. maclurii (92432)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) E. tampae (92509)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) E. grayi (85534)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia E. grayi (42739)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) E. japonicum (92647)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan E. grayi (122820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan E. japonicum (92589)