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Flabellum conoideum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Flabellum conoideum was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Prairie Creek, Sucarnochee Clays, which is in a Paleocene coastal claystone in the Sucarnochee Clay Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. conodeum, F. costellatus, F. rhodense, F. sphenodeum, F. waelii

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Flabellum conoideum Vaughan
1935Flabellum texense Vaughan and Popenoe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusFlabellumLesson 1831
speciesconoideum

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.

†Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900
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Invalid names: Flabellum texense Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height199.815.0015.09.802.60
entire specimen height16.60----

Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:21:18
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:21:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Flabellum conoideum (85315 109589 109601 122546 122609 122610 122611 122612 122613 122615 122650 122651) Flabellum conoideum, Flabellum texense (98701 122545 122602)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Flabellum conoideum (2849 2859 2861 2862 2863 2867)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Flabellum conoideum (35081)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Flabellum conoideum (91775 98708 98795 98857 99071 108436) Flabellum conoideum, Flabellum texense (98733)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) Flabellum conoideum (86188 86283 86290 86292 86329)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Flabellum conoideum (2923 2925 type locality: 87816)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Flabellum conoideum (2919 86173 87817 89867 89947)