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Peponocyathus lecomptei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Kionotrochus lecomptei was named by Wells (1937). It is not extant. Its type locality is Edegem, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian coastal sandstone in Belgium.

It was recombined as Peponocyathus lecomptei by Cairns (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Kionotrochus lecomptei Wells
1997Peponocyathus lecomptei Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusPeponocyathusGravier 1915
specieslecomptei()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Belgium Kionotrochus lecomptei (type locality: 122892)