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Flabellum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Flabellum was named by Lesson (1831) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Flabellidae by Chiesa et al. (1995), Wienrich (1997), Garberoglio et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Flabellum Lesson
1995Flabellum Chiesa et al. p. 25
1997Flabellum Wienrich p. 92
2002Flabellum Sepkoski
2020Flabellum Garberoglio et al. p. 224

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusFlabellumLesson 1831

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. Flabellum Lesson 1831
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Flabellum acutum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum alloiteaui Barta-Calmus and Zlatarski 1971
Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909
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Invalid names: Flabellum groenlandicum Floris 1972 [synonym], Flabellum primitivum Kühn and Traub 1967 [synonym]
Flabellum apertum Moseley 1876
Flabellum appendiculatum Brongniart 1823
Flabellum asperum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum austriacum Prochazka 1893
Flabellum avicula Michelotti 1838
Flabellum basteroti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum californicum Vaughan 1900
Flabellum carenatum Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Flabellum chevalieri Barta-Calmus and Zlatarski 1971
Flabellum chipolanum Weisbord 1971
Flabellum chouberti Chevalier 1962
Flabellum circulum Hu 1987
Flabellum clarki Bentson 1943
Flabellum clavaeformis Prochazka 1893
Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900
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Invalid names: Flabellum texense Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 [synonym]
Flabellum cristatum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845
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Invalid names: Flabellum remondianum Gabb 1864 [synonym]
Flabellum curtum Dennant 1899
Flabellum deludens Marenzeller 1904
Flabellum dubium Duncan 1863
Flabellum extensum Michelin 1841
Flabellum fastigatum Dennant 1899
Flabellum foecundum Sismonda 1871
Flabellum fresnoense Durham 1943
Flabellum gippslandicum Dennant 1899
Flabellum grangense Dennant 1904
Flabellum hemmoorense Krejci 1923
Flabellum hertleini Durham 1942
Flabellum insulindae Felix 1920
Flabellum intermedium Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum johnsoni Vaughan 1900
Flabellum krejcii Kühn 1963
Flabellum laevissimum Kühn 1963
Flabellum lerchi Vaughan 1900
Flabellum lobatum Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Flabellum medioplicatum Dennant 1904
Flabellum microscriptum Dennant 1904
Flabellum miriaensis Jell et al. 2011
Flabellum mortoni Vaughan 1900
Flabellum multifore Gardiner 1904
Flabellum oregonense Durham 1943
Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831
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Invalid names: Flabellum distinctum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
Flabellum peolae Osasco 1895
Flabellum planus Squires 1962
Flabellum pompeckji Krejci 1926
Flabellum poseidonis Felix 1920
Flabellum rariseptatum Roniewicz and Morycowa 1985
Flabellum rhomboideum Vaughan 1900
Flabellum roissyanum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum sandiegoense Hanna 1927
Flabellum senesi Kopek 1952
Flabellum siciliense Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum sinense Michelotti 1838
Flabellum stantoni Durham 1943
Flabellum striatum Keferstein 1859
Flabellum thouarsii Milne Edwards and Haime 1848
Flabellum transversale Moseley 1881
Flabellum tuberculatum Keferstein 1859
Flabellum variabile Semper 1872
Flabellum vaticani Ponzi 1876
Flabellum wailesii Conrad 1856
Flabellum zejszneri Dembinska-Rozkowska 1932
Flabellum zuffardii Chevalier 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height4411.05.0015.911.42.54
entire specimen height16.60----

Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
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 09:21:18
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:21:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (467 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) F. fresnoense (36860)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) F. miriaensis (123004)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica F. anderssoni (11304)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) F. mortoni (124938)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) F. sp. (73885 73886 73888 73889 73902 73905 73911 73914 73915 73916 73917 73919 73921 73922 73924 73925 73926 73935 73936 73937 73938 73940 73973 73974 73976 73980 73981 73982 73983 73984 73985 73986 73987 73988 73990 73991 73992 73993 73995 74004 74005 74006 74007 74008 74041 74046 74048 74049)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark F. calcitrapa (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Mexico F. sp. (47948)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) F. remondianum (193035)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland F. groenlandicum (22943 69604 69605)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) F. conoideum (2849 2859 2861 2862 2863 2867)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) F. conodeum (5595) F. conoideum (85315 109589 109601 122546 122610 122611 122651) F. conoideum, F. texense (98701 122545) F. texense (122602)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) F. mortoni (26820 124964)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica F. anderssoni (11305)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) F. conoideum (91775 98708 98795 98857 99071 108436) F. conoideum, F. texense (98733)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) F. conoideum (35081)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) F. concoideum (86237) F. conoideum (86188 86290 86292 86329) F. johnsonae, F. conoideum (86283)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) F. primitivum (84335)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) F. conoideum (2923 2925 87816) F. matthewsense (2920 2921)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) F. remondianum (11117 190769 190777 190778 190779 190781 190785 190786 190800)
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24USA (California) F. remondianum (176921 192859)