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Trochocyathus maplestonei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus maplestonei was named by Dennant (1903). It is not extant. Its type locality is Browns Creek, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trochocyathus maplestonei Dennant

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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
speciesmaplestonei

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†Trochocyathus maplestonei Dennant 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available