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Cyathosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae

Taxonomy
Cyathosmilia was named by Tenison-Woods (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 796].

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cyathosmilia Tenison-Woods
1956Cyathosmilia Wells
2002Cyathosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyGuyniidaeHickson 1910
genusCyathosmiliaTenison-Woods 1878

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. †Cyathosmilia Tenison-Woods 1878
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Cyathosmilia velata Dennant 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:11:37
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:21:05
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) C. velata (122437)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) C. velata (122379)