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Cladopora surculus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Cladopora surculus was named by Talent (1963). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 82. Mitchell River National Park, which is in a Pragian marine sandstone in the Tabberabbera Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cladopora surculus Talent p. 46 figs. pl. 21 f. 3-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyPachyporoidea(Gerth 1921)
familyPachyporidaeGerth 1921
genusCladoporaHall 1851
speciessurculus

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.

†Cladopora surculus Talent 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Cladopora surculus (type locality: 75684)