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Paracuifia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Paracuifia was named by Melnikova (2001). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Reimaniphylliidae by Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Paracuifia Melnikova
2008Paracuifia Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusParacuifiaMelnikova 2001

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. †Paracuifia Melnikova 2001
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Paracuifia anomala Caruthers and Stanley , Jr. 2008
Paracuifia jennieae Caruthers and Stanley , Jr. 2008
Paracuifia smithi Caruthers and Stanley , Jr. 2008
Paracuifia tortuosa 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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Rhaetian or 221.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3China (Tibet) P. sp., P. gen (232838)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) P. jennieae (80015)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Confusastrea grandissima (112242) P. anomala (82661) P. jennieae (82662) P. smithi (82659)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Tajikistan P. tortuosa (138589)