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Cyclolitopsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Cyclolitopsis was named by Reuss (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-m-u Sepkoski's reference number: 86].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cyclolitopsis Reuss
1956Cyclolitopsis Wells
2002Cyclolitopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyCyclolitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusCyclolitopsisReuss 1873

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. †Cyclolitopsis Reuss 1873
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 41.30000 to 37.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Italy C. patera (146612) C. sp. (146598)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain C. patera (65264)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. patera (10703)