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Trochocyathus carbonarius

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus carbonarius was named by Reuss (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Trochocyathus carbonarius Reuss
1891Trochocyathus carbonarius Böhm p. 103 figs. Pl 4, figs 20,a

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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
speciescarbonariusReuss 1861

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Trochocyathus carbonarius (221859)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Trochocyathus carbonarius (213668)