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Aspidiscus
Taxonomy
Aspidiscus was named by Koenig (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-m]. Its type is Aspidiscus cristatus.
It was assigned to Cyclolitidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Cyclolitidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
A. cristatus (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Aspidiscus Koenig 1825
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†Aspidiscus cristatus Lamarck 1801
Invalid names: Cyclophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, c = class | |||||
Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Egypt | A. cristatus (150677) | |
Cenomanian | Algeria | A. cristatus (85335) | |
Cenomanian | Bahrain | A. cristatus (85336) | |
Cenomanian | Egypt | A. cristatus (132848 132849 132850) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Greece | A. cristatus (203930 204533) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Israel | A. cristatus (165864) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt | A. sinaiticus (161582) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Jordan | A. cristatus (154970) | |
Middle Cenomanian | Egypt | A. cristatus (140225 161467) |