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Coenocyathus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2259033	https://www.gbif.org/species/2259033
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6262	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6262

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Coenocyathus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Caryophylliina
superfamily	Caryophylliicae	Gray 1847
family	Caryophylliidae	Gray 1847
genus	Coenocyathus	Milne Edwards & Haime 1848

Scientific Name

Coenocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Name Published In

Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1848) Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Coenocyathus	genus	belongs to Caryophylliidae	stated with evidence	Wells, 1956
Coenocyathus	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Caryophylliidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

microcarnivore (based on Caryophylliidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Caryophylliidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Coenocyathus anthophyllites ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Coenocyathus bowersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus brooki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus caribbeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus cylindricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus goreaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus hannibali species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Coenocyathus humanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coenocyathus simplex species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Coenocyathus taurinensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bathangia Keferstein, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : *Bathangia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Coenocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956	Coenocyathus Wells
2002	Coenocyathus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.) 9 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson, 2010. Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species

Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands. 125: 1-235. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 - via World Register of Marine Species

Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1848) Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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