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Foveolocyathus kitsoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Trematotrochus kitsoni was named by Dennant (1901). It is extant. Its type locality is Wilkinson's No 4 Aire coastal section, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Foveolocyathus kitsoni by Cairns (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Trematotrochus kitsoni Dennant
1997Foveolocyathus kitsoni Cairns

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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
genusFoveolocyathus
specieskitsoni()

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: 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: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Langhian or 37.20000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Trematotrochus kitsoni (122465)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Trematotrochus kitsoni (type locality: 122379)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Trematotrochus kitsoni (122382)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Trematotrochus kitsoni (122377)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Foveolocyathus kitsoni (92292)