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Conocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Conocyathus was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 1125]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turbinoliinae by Wells (1956); to Turbinoliidae by Cairns (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Conocyathus d'Orbigny
1859Pleurocyathus Keferstein
1956Conocyathus Wells
1995Pleurocyathus Berndt and Welle
1997Conocyathus Cairns
2002Conocyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusConocyathusd'Orbigny 1849

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. Conocyathus d'Orbigny 1849
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†Conocyathus cyclocostatus Tenison-Woods 1878
†Conocyathus daniae Ogbe 1976
†Conocyathus sulcatus Lamarck 1816
†Conocyathus togoensis Oppenheim 1915
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Invalid names: Conocyathus scrobiculatus Dennant 1902 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pleurocyathus Keferstein 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:13:44
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:13:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 61.60000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria C. daniae, C. ireneae, C. togoensis (7791)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Ile-de-France) Turbinolia sulcata (123109)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Turbinolia sulcata (75455)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Turbinolia sulcata (123107)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Turbinolia sulcata (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Turbinolia sulcata (40530)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) C. scrobiculatus (122348)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein- Westfalen) Pleurocyathus sulcatus (84305 84306)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. sp. (163836)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand C. zelandiae (89129)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) C. scrobiculatus (122381)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. multistriatus (70450)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) C. cyclocostatus (180100) C. scrobiculatus (179958)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) C. scrobiculatus (122349 122378)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy C. dertonensis (70491)