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Cyathophora ✝

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Cyathophora may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathophora, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3250212	https://www.gbif.org/species/3250212
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6305	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6305

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Cyathophora

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	Stylinina	Alloiteau 1952
family	Stylinidae	d'Orbigny 1851
subfamily	Cyathophorinae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
genus	Cyathophora	Michelin 1843

Scientific Name

Cyathophora Michelin, 1843

Name Published In

Icon. Zoophyt., (8)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyathophora	genus	belongs to Cyathophorinae	stated without evidence	Wells, 1956
Cyathophora	genus	belongs to Cyathophoridae	stated with evidence	Roniewicz, 1976
Cyathophora	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cyathophora	genus	belongs to Cyathophorinae	stated with evidence	Pandey and Fürsich, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

174 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

101 - 84 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylinidae)

Reproduction

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

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathophora

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astrea bourgueti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptocoenia micrommatos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyathophora atempa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyathophora babaevi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Cyathophora bangoinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora bourgueti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		26	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyathophora cesaredensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	161 Ma Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora claudiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora densata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyathophora denseta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora dollfussi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyathophora excelsa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyathophora faveolata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyathophora globosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora gomangcoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyathophora haysensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyathophora jacobi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyathophora kobyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyathophora micrommatos ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyathophora neocomiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyathophora olssoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyathophora parva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora pironae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora pratti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyathophora steimanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyathophora steinmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyathophora thurmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora tithonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyathophora turonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Miyakopora miyakoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Cyathophora Michelin
1956	Cyathophora Wells
1976	Cyathophora Roniewicz
2002	Cyathophora Pandey et al.
2002	Cyathophora Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Orbignycoenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Cyathophora Pandey and Fürsich

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

Roniewicz E. (1976) Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie, Palaeontologia Polonica 34, 17-121

Pandey D. K., Fürsich F. T. (2003) Jurassic corals of east-central Iran, Beringeria 32, 1-138

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

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

Icon. Zoophyt., (8) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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