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Trochocyathus gardnerae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus gardnerae was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Jones Crossing, Onion Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Trochocyathus gardnerae Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesgardnerae

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: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 11:37:19
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:42:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Trochocyathus gardnerae (7472)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Trochocyathus gardnerae (7570 type locality: 123404)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Trochocyathus gardnerae (4431)