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Cyclolitidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Cyclolitidae was named by d'Orbigny (1851).

It was assigned to Fungiicae by Wells (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cyclolitidae d'Orbigny
1956Cyclolitidae Wells p. F386

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

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.

Fm. †Cyclolitidae d'Orbigny 1851
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G. †Aspidastraea Kühn 1933
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†Aspidastraea clathrata Goldfuss 1826
†Aspidastraea semhae Kossmat 1907
G. †Aspidiscus Koenig 1825
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†Aspidiscus cristatus Lamarck 1801
Invalid names: Cyclophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
G. †Cyclolitopsis Reuss 1873
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]
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 Middle Eocene or 122.46000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Fars) Aspidastraea orientalis, Paracycloseris nariensis (233243)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Thecocyathus radiatus (76998)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Paracycloseris sp. (151613)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Aspidiscus cristatus (150677)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Paracycloseris effrenatus (85295)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Aspidiscus cristatus (85335)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Bahrain Aspidiscus cristatus (85336)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Aspidiscus cristatus (132848 132849 132850)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Aspidiscus cristatus (203930 204533)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Israel Aspidiscus cristatus (165864)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Aspidiscus sinaiticus (161582)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan Aspidiscus cristatus (154970)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Aspidiscus cristatus (140225 161467)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Armenia Aspidastraea orientalis (86681)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Aspidastraea orientalis (74895)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Cuba Paracycloseris elizabethae (87606 87670)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) Paracycloseris elizabethae (88337)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Aspidastraea sp. (151655)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Aspidastraea orientalis (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Aspidastraea orientalis (206409 206411) Aspidastraea semhae (206438) Aspidastraea sp., Aspidastraea orientalis (151653)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Iran Aspidastraea orientalis (87113)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Paracycloseris elizabethae (74810)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Paracycloseris elizabethae (27647 27650 27653)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman Aspidastraea sp. (151618 151619)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) Paracycloseris elizabethae (163014 163028)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) Paracycloseris sp. (161322 161324 161339)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Paracycloseris elizabethae (27646)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica Paracycloseris elizabethae (27649)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) Paracycloseris elizabethae (162957) Paracycloseris sp. (162932)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Synastrea clathrata (85270 85271 85272)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy Cyclolitopsis patera (146612) Cyclolitopsis sp. (146598)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Cyclolitopsis patera (65264)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Pakistan Trochocyathus nariensis (11291)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Cyclolitopsis patera (10703)