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Deltocyathidae
| Description | Deltocyathus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the monotypic family Deltocyathidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltocyathidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Deltocyathidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Deltocyathidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Stolarski, Jaroslaw and Miller, David J. 2012. Deltocyathiidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Zoologica Scripta, 42(2): 201-212. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltocyathidae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Deltocyathusgenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 45 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
References
| Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Stolarski, Jaroslaw and Miller, David J. 2012. Deltocyathiidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Zoologica Scripta, 42(2): 201-212. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Kitahara, M.V., and S.D. Cairns. 2009. A Revision of the Genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema 31(2): 233-48. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| WoRMS (Mar 2013) - 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!
