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Antillocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Antillocyathus was named by Wells (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Antillocyathus Wells
1956Antillocyathus Wells
2002Antillocyathus Sepkoski

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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

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.

G. †Antillocyathus Wells 1937
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†Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells 1987
†Antillocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
†Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995
†Antillocyathus maoensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
†Antillocyathus trinitatis Vaughan 1926
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: 2009-10-10 07:41:50
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:41:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) A. sp. (92509)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) A. maoensis (85800) A. trinitatis (85777)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Dominican Republic A. alatus (93683)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Placocyathus trinitatis (27593)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic A. alatus (90618) A. maoensis (93686)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Placocyathus maoensis, Placocyathus cristatus (93684)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. maoensis (93619 93659 93678 93688 93711) A. maoensis, A. alatus (93681)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Placocyathus trinitatis (120397)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. cristatus (93648) A. maoensis (84956 93606 93654 93689 93712 93797) A. maoensis, A. alatus (93601 93687 93709 93710 93716) A. maoensis, A. cristatus (93652)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. maoensis (75036 75037 89563) A. maoensis, A. alatus (75040) A. maoensis, A. cristatus (89542)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. alatus (90620 93640 93642) A. maoensis (80084 175589)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. cristatus (93655)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Placocyathus trinitatis (73647)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) A. gracilis (61341 79983)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. gracilis (61339 61340 91902 91910) A. gracilis, A. cristatus (79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) A. cristatus (79799)