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Tropidendron

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastreidae

Taxonomy
Tropidendron was named by Cuif (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-u Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 185,920]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tropiastreidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Tropidendron Cuif
1997Tropidendron Turnsek
2002Tropidendron Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderArchaeofungiinaAlloiteau 1952
familyTropiastreidaeCuif 1977
genusTropidendronCuif 1975

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. †Tropidendron Cuif 1975
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Tropidendron pamiricum Melnikova 2001
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: base of the Julian to the top of the Lacian or 237.00000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia T. rhopalifer (36562 36563 68742 68745 68746 68747)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Slovenia T. rhopalifer (67628 67806)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Slovenia T. mlinaricensis (68760 68762)