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Antilloseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Antilloseris was named by Vaughan (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calamophylliidae by Wells (1940), Wells (1956) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Antilloseris Vaughan
1940Antilloseris Wells p. 374
1956Antilloseris Wells
2002Antilloseris Sepkoski
2005Antilloseris López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAntilloserisVaughan 1905

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. †Antilloseris Vaughan 1905
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Antilloseris jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899
Antilloseris vaughani Wells 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) A. vaughani (167604)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica A. cantabrigiensis (77038) A. jamaicaensis (77043) A. sp. (77036)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica (St. James Parish) Turbinoseris cantabrigiensis, Turbinoseris jamaicaensis (88336)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) A. cantabrigiensis (85735)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) A. eocaenica, A. major, A. grandis, A. angulata, A. cyclolites, A. cantabrigiensis, A. jamaicaensis (71118)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Chiapas) A. cantabrigiensis (85732)