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Heterocyathus
Taxonomy
Heterocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Heterocyathus elongatus Hu 1987 [synonym]
†Heterocyathus carthausi Felix 1913
†Heterocyathus elberti Felix 1913
Heterocyathus japonicus Verrill 1866
Heterocyathus mai Cheng 1971
†Heterocyathus priscus Stolarski et al. 2001
Invalid names: Brachytrochus Duncan 1876 [synonym], Stephanoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 109.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 105.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 105.3 Ma
Collections (40 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Albian | France (Champagne-Ardenne) | H. priscus (85311) | |
Santonian - Campanian | Antarctica | H. filkorni (234579) | |
Middle Miocene | Indonesia | H. parasiticus (71058) H. rembangensis (71056) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia (Borneo) | H. sp., H. parasiticus (42283) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | H. aequicostatus (92584) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Indonesia | H. rousseaui (109446) | |
Pliocene | Taiwan | H. aequicostatus, H. japonicus (92627 92628) | |
Pliocene | Japan (Shizuoka) | H. aequicostatus, H. japonicus (92644) | |
Pliocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | Stephanoseris carthausi (109670) | |
Pliocene | Indonesia | H. rousseaui (108772) | |
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Taiwan | H. elongatus (89259) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Indonesia (Aceh) | H. elberti (63110 63111) H. rousseaui (63108 63109) Stephanoseris carthausi (63113 63130) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Philippines | H. aequicostatus (92586) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia | H. aequicostatus (45334 45337 45339 92583) H. elberti (109668) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Fiji | H. sulcatus, H. aequicostatus (94832) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | H. aequicostatus (42739) | |
Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | H. aequicostatus (92647) H. aequicostatus, H. japonicus (92649 92682 92683) | |
Pleistocene | Taiwan | H. aequicostatus, H. mai (123203) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Indonesia (Talaud) | H. aequicostatus (42738) | |
Ionian | Vanuatu | H. aequicostatus (84452 84453) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | H. aequicostatus (92589) H. japonicus (89417) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Kerala) | H. aequicostatus (107971) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Kenya | H. sp. (81098 81100) |