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Heliopora bennetti

Anthozoa - Helioporacea

Taxonomy
Heliopora bennetti was named by Wells (1934). Its type locality is Loma Calixto, Camagüey, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal limestone in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Heliopora bennetti Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHelioporacea
genusHeliopora
speciesbennetti

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.

Heliopora bennetti Wells 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 09:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico Heliopora bennetti (87547)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba Heliopora bennetti (type locality: 77046)