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Antillocyathus cristatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placocyathus cristatus was named by Vaughan and Hoffmeister (1925). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 7785 Rio Mao, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Antillocyathus cristatus by Wells (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Placocyathus cristatus Vaughan
1925Placocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister
1937Antillocyathus cristatus Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusAntillocyathusWells 1937
speciescristatus()

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.

†Antillocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available