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Leptocyathus
Taxonomy
Leptocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Eo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 86].
It was assigned to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
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. †Leptocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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†Leptocyathus convexus Dennant 1904
†Leptocyathus hexacristatus Alloiteau 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
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Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Oligocene or 72.20000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | L. hexacristatus (86511 86517) | |
| Middle Eocene | Italy | L. sp. (146598) | |
| Bartonian | Pakistan (Sind) | L. epithecata (11290) | |
| Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | L. convexus (122348) |