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Peponocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy

Peponocyathus was named by Gravier (1915) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turbinoliinae by Wells (1956) and Berndt and Welle (1995); to Turbinoliidae by Cairns (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. duncani, P. folliculus, P. lecomptei, P. minimus, P. orientalis

Synonyms

Discotrochus (Cylindrophyllia) was named by Yabe and Eguchi (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peponocyathus by Cairns (1997); it was reranked as Cylindrophyllia by Wienrich (1997) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Discotrochus by Yabe and Eguchi (1937); to Caryophylliidae by Wienrich (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Truncatocyathus was named by Stolarski (1992) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peponocyathus by Cairns (1997).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1915	Peponocyathus Gravier
1937	Discotrochus (Cylindrophyllia) Yabe and Eguchi
1956	Peponocyathus Wells
1992	Truncatocyathus Stolarski
1995	Pepenocyathus Berndt and Welle
1997	Peponocyathus Cairns
1997	Cylindrophyllia Wienrich p. 88
2002	Cylindrophyllia Sepkoski
2002	Peponocyathus Sepkoski
2002	Truncatocyathus Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Caryophylliina	(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamily	Caryophyllioidea	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Turbinoliidae	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genus	Peponocyathus	Gravier 1915

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. Peponocyathus Gravier 1915

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†Peponocyathus duncani Reuss 1871

Peponocyathus folliculus Pourtales 1868

†Peponocyathus lecomptei Wells 1937

Peponocyathus minimus Yabe and Eguchi 1937

Peponocyathus orientalis Duncan 1876

Invalid names: Cylindrophyllia Yabe and Eguchi 1937 [synonym], Truncatocyathus Stolarski 1992 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

solitaryf

Clonal:

yeso

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

microcarnivoref

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-11 03:20:09

Modified:

2009-11-24 10:12:18

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Waitakian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 25.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (48 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Nordrhein- Westfalen)	Pepenocyathus sp. (84306)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Netherlands	Discotrochus duncani (124090 124092)
Waitakian	25.2 - 21.7	New Zealand	Cylindrophyllia minima (89128)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Cylindrophyllia duncani (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Cylindrophyllia duncani (62884)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Cylindrophyllia duncani (62899 62964)
Otaian	21.7 - 19.0	New Zealand (North Island)	Cylindrophyllia minima (176737)
Burdigalian - Serravallian	20.44 - 11.62	Belgium	Kionotrochus lecomptei (122892)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	France	Cylindrophyllia duncani (70313)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Poland	P. duncani (38818 38819)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Germany	Cylindrophyllia duncani (124096)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Cylindrophyllia duncani (61897 61899 61905 61906 62885 62886) Cylindrophyllia ottnangensis, Cylindrophyllia duncani (61900)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Netherlands	Discotrochus duncani (123948 123969 124091)
Serravallian - Langhian	13.82 - 13.82	France	Cylindrophyllia duncani (163845)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Poland (Holy Cross Mountains)	P. duncani (38823)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Poland	Discotrochus duncani (123733)
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	France	P. sp. (163847)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Japan (Chiba)	Discotrochus minimus (92685)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Taiwan	Deltocyathus orientalis, Discotrochus minimus (92627) Discotrochus minimus (92628)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Japan (Kochi)	Deltocyathus orientalis (92643)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Japan	Deltocyathus orientalis (92686)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	Japan (Okinawa)	P. folliculus (42175)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Japan (Okinawa)	P. australiensis (122799 122803 122809)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Japan (Kagoshima)	Deltocyathus orientalis (92681)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Taiwan	Cylindrophyllia minima (123203)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Japan (Chiba)	Deltocyathus orientalis (92647 92682 92683 92684)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Japan	P. australiensis (122820)
Ionian	0.774 - 0.129	Vanuatu	P. orientalis (84452)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Cylindrophyllia minima (89416) Deltocyathus orientalis, P. orientalis (92589)