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Trochocyathus stantoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus stantoni was named by Vaughan (1900) [Middle Eocene; California]. Its type locality is 2.5 miles NE of Clayton [Domengine stage], which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian marine sandstone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Trochocyathus stantoni Vaughan pp. 98-99 figs. 7: 18-19
2001Trochocyathus stantoni Squires p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesstantoni

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.

†Trochocyathus stantoni Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available