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Truncatoflabellum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Truncatoflabellum was named by Cairns (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Flabellidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Truncatoflabellum Cairns
2002Truncatoflabellum Sepkoski
2003Truncatoflabellum Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusTruncatoflabellumCairns 1989

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.

G. Truncatoflabellum Cairns 1989
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Invalid names: Flabellum paripavoninum Alcock 1894 [synonym]
Truncatoflabellum stokesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:01:20
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:52:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Otaian to the top of the Ionian or 21.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand T. sphenodeum (146339 146346)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand T. profundum, T. sphenodeum (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand T. profundum, T. sphenodeum, T. sp. (77489)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Flabellum stokesii (42739)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Flabellum paripavoninum, Flabellum vanuatu (84453)