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Sphenotrochus claibornensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Sphenotrochus claibornensis was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Claiborne, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Claiborne Sand Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Sphenotrochus claibornensis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusSphenotrochusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesclaibornensis

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: aragoniteg
Architecture: compact or denseg
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: 2004-02-29 09:33:05
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:54:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Sphenotrochus claibornensis (type locality: 88091)