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Antilloseris cantabrigiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinoseris cantabrigiensis was named by Vaughan (1899). Its type locality is Cambridge Station [Cambridge Beds], which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Cambridge Formation of Jamaica.

It was recombined as Antilloseris cantabrigiensis by Vaughan (1919) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Turbinoseris cantabrigiensis Vaughan
1905Turbinoseris cantabrigiensis Vaughan
1919Antilloseris cantabrigiensis Vaughan
2005Antilloseris cantabrigiensis López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAntilloserisVaughan 1905
speciescantabrigiensis()

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.

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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 Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Antilloseris cantabrigiensis (85735)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica Antilloseris cantabrigiensis (77038)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica (St. James Parish) Turbinoseris cantabrigiensis (type locality: 88336)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) Antilloseris cantabrigiensis (71118)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Chiapas) Antilloseris cantabrigiensis (85732)