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Eugyra cotteaui

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Taxonomy
Eugyra cotteaui was named by Fromentel (1857). It is the type species of Eugyra.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyEugyridaeFromentel 1861
genusEugyraFromentel 1857
speciescotteauiFromentel 1857

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.

†Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 132.90000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine Eugyra cotteaui (77074 77086)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Eugyra cotteaui (67511 89961 89977)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Eugyra cotteaui (78700 91684 91686 91687)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Eugyra cotteaui (221476)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Eugyra cotteaui (67122)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia Eugyra cotteaui (68728)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Eugyra cotteaui (76998)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Iran Eugyra cotteaui (234261)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Eugyra cotteaui (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Eugyra cotteaui (91282 91321 91323 91325 91326)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran Eugyra cotteaui (31651)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland Eugyra cotteaui (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Eugyra cotteaui (69202)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Eugyra cotteaui (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Eugyra cotteaui (50421 221477)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Eugyra cotteaui (64075)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Eugyra cotteaui (64070)