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Tropidocyathus affinis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)389280https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=389280
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Tropidocyathus : Tropidocyathus affinis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusTropidocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesTropidocyathus affinisMartin 1879
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tropidocyathus affinisspeciesbelongs to Tropidocyathusstated without evidenceMartin, 1879
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary (based on Turbinoliidae)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietmicrocarnivore (based on Turbinoliidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. Martin. 1879. Die Tertiärschichten auf Java. Nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Geologische-Reichsmuseum

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1879Tropidocyathus affinis Martin p. 132 figs. Plate 24, Fig. 1

References

Martin K. Die Tertiärschichten auf Java. Nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn, Geologische-Reichsmuseum, 1-164
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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