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Paracycloseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae

Taxonomy

Paracycloseris was named by Wells (1934). Its type is Paracycloseris elizabethae.

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

Species

P. effrenatus, P. nariensis (syn. P. elizabethae), P. radiatus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1934	Paracycloseris Wells
1956	Paracycloseris Wells p. F387
2002	Paracycloseries Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
superfamily	Fungiicae	Dana 1846
family	Cyclolitidae	d'Orbigny 1851
genus	Paracycloseris

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. †Paracycloseris Wells 1934

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†Paracycloseris effrenatus Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009

†Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880

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Invalid names: Paracycloseris elizabethae Wells 1934 [synonym]

†Paracycloseris radiatus Koby 1895

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Priabonian or 122.46000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous	145.0 - 66.0	Iran (Fars)	P. nariensis (233243)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Switzerland	Thecocyathus radiatus (76998)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Egypt	P. sp. (151613)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	105.3 - 93.5	Mexico (Guerrero)	P. effrenatus (85295)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Cuba	P. elizabethae (87606 87670)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Jamaica (St. James Parish)	P. elizabethae (88337)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Mexico	P. elizabethae (74810)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica	P. elizabethae (27647 27650 27653)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon Parish)	P. elizabethae (163014 163028)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon)	P. sp. (161322 161324 161339)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica	P. elizabethae (27646)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon)	P. elizabethae (162957) P. sp. (162932)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Jamaica	P. elizabethae (27649)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Pakistan	Trochocyathus nariensis (11291)