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Palocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Palocyathus was named by Filkorn (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 1125]. It is not extant. Its type is Palocyathus seymourensis.

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

Species
P. seymourensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Palocyathus Filkorn
1997Palocyathus Cairns
2002Palocyathus 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
genusPalocyathusFilkorn 1994

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. †Palocyathus Filkorn 1994
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Palocyathus seymourensis Filkorn 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available