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Paracyathus
Taxonomy
Paracyathus was named by Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 86]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Paranacyathus by Okulitch (1950).
It was assigned to Cyathophyllidae by Vaughan (1904); to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1941) and Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was synonymized subjectively with Paranacyathus by Okulitch (1950).
It was assigned to Cyathophyllidae by Vaughan (1904); to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1941) and Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
P. adetos, P. alternatus, P. altus, P. bastropensis, P. bellus, P. crassus, P. cylindricus, P. granulosus, P. henekeni, P. incrustans, P. javana, P. nannodes, P. pedroensis, P. peruvianus, P. procumbens, P. ravni, P. rugosus, P. sinuosus, P. stearnsii, P. stokesii, P. tasmanicus, P. taurinensis, P. turonensis, P. vaughani, P. vaughani
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. Paracyathus Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Paracyathus adetos Cairns 1995
†Paracyathus alternatus Vaughan 1900
†Paracyathus altus Gregory 1930
†Paracyathus bastropensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
†Paracyathus bellus Vaughan 1900
†Paracyathus crassus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Paracyathus cylindricus Vaughan 1900
†Paracyathus granulosus Vaughan 1900
†Paracyathus henekeni Duncan 1863
†Paracyathus incrustans Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
†Paracyathus javana Umbgrove 1950
†Paracyathus nannodes Felix 1921
†Paracyathus pedroensis Vaughan 1903
†Paracyathus peruvianus Vaughan 1922
†Paracyathus procumbens Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Paracyathus ravni Kühn 1930
†Paracyathus rugosus Vaughan 1900
†Paracyathus sinuosus Cairns and Wells 1987
Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill 1869
†Paracyathus stokesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Paracyathus tasmanicus Dennant 1899
†Paracyathus taurinensis Chevalier 1961
†Paracyathus turonensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Paracyathus vaughani Weller 1907
†Paracyathus vaughani Gane 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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height | 22 | 6.11 | 3.94 | 10.1 | 5.76 | 1.86 |
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Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (93 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skane) | P. sp. (123002) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | P. vaughani (123407) | |
Danian | Ukraine (Cherkaska) | P. sp. (77069) | |
Danian | Egypt | P. sp. (87218) | |
Danian | Austria (Niederösterreich) | P. ravni (87002) | |
Danian | USA (Texas) | P. bastropensis (98701 122602 122612) | |
Danian | Austria (Salzburg) | P. ravni (87003) | |
Danian - Selandian | USA (Texas) | P. bastropensis (91775) | |
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | USA (Texas) | P. bastropensis (86237) | |
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | United Kingdom (England) | P. sp. (8083) | |
Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | P. cylindricus (87802) | |
Thanetian | Somalia | P. altus (45854) | |
Ypresian | Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) | P. sp. (42459) | |
Ypresian | USA (Texas) | P. spp. (83950) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | P. caryophyllus (76601) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | P. crassus (42664) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | P. sp. (3259) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Alabama) | P. granulosus, P. rugosus (87834) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | P. alternatus (87840 87841) | |
Middle Eocene | Peru (Piura) | P. peruvianus (86942 86943) | |
Middle Eocene | Italy | P. sp. (146598) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | P. alternatus, P. bellus (87837) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Texas) | P. alternatus (88089) | |
Lutetian | USA (Mississippi) | P. sp. (2414) | |
Lutetian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (2411) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | P. crassus (42644) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | P. bellus (2422) | |
Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | P. alternatus (2437 98472 99755) P. alternatus, P. bellus (90708 98468 98469 100141 101187 101188) P. bellus (2435 2436 2438 90642 92174 99674 100142) | |
Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | P. bellus (98942) | |
Priabonian | USA (Washington) | P. sp. B (91606) | |
Priabonian | Ukraine | P. crassus (77068) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) | P. procumbens (86750) | |
Rupelian | Myanmar | P. caeruleus (76592) | |
Chattian | USA (Washington) | P. sp. A (91614 91615) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | P. sp. (85801) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | P. tasmanicus (122345) | |
Miocene | Dominican Republic | P. henekeni (93657) | |
Burdigalian | Italy | P. cristatus, P. turonensis, P. incrustans, P. taurinensis (70450) | |
Langhian | France | P. pedemontanus, P. turonensis (70312) | |
Langhian | Poland | P. cupula, P. sp. (38818) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | France | P. turonensis, P. incrustans (163846) | |
Middle Miocene | Dominican Republic | P. henekeni (124722) | |
Middle Miocene | Indonesia | P. procumbens (71058) | |
Middle Miocene | France | P. turonensis (70510 70511) | |
Serravallian - Langhian | France | P. pedemontanus, P. turonensis (163845) | |
Badenian | Czech Republic | P. sp. (88803) | |
Tortonian | Morocco | P. pedemontanus, P. turonensis (161391) | |
Tortonian | Italy | P. turonensis (70491 70496) | |
Tortonian | France | P. sp. (161593 161607) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | P. nannodes (108814 109008) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | P. sinuosus (93656) | |
Zanclean | Mexico (Baja California) | P. stearnsii (154115) | |
Zanclean | USA (South Carolina) | P. vaughani (60940) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | P. vaughani (92412) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | P. vaughani (123549 179591) | |
Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | P. adetos (61339 61340 91902 91910) P. henekeni (79998) | |
Piacenzian | USA (California) | P. stearnsii (122752) | |
Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | P. adetos (61341) P. henekeni (79983) | |
Piacenzian | Dominican Republic | P. sinuosus (93612) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | P. sp., P. nannodes, P. stokesii, P. javana (42739) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | P. incrustans (71473) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | P. pedroensis (122755 222660) |