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Trochocyathus uber

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus uber was named by Vaughan and Popenoe (1935). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 10846 Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Danian coastal claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Trochocyathus uber Vaughan and Popenoe

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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
speciesuber

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.

Trochocyathus uber Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height77.515.1012.17.803.14

Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 11:37:19
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:42:04
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 Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Trochocyathus uber (109601 type locality: 122546 122610)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Trochocyathus uber (108436)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) Trochocyathus uber (86329)