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Peponocyathus

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)6715https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6715
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Peponocyathus
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
genusPeponocyathusGravier 1915
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Peponocyathusgenusbelongs to Turbinoliinaestated with evidenceWells, 1956
Peponocyathusgenusbelongs to Turbinoliidaestated with evidenceCairns, 1997
Peponocyathusgenusbelongs to Scleractiniasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
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)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Peponocyathus duncani
species
listed (PBDB)2428.4 Ma
Oligocene
13.7 Ma
Miocene
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Peponocyathus folliculus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Peponocyathus lecomptei
species
listed (PBDB)120.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
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Peponocyathus minimus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
725.2 Ma
Oligocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
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Peponocyathus orientalis
species
listed (PBDB)115.33 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1915Peponocyathus Gravier
1937Discotrochus (Cylindrophyllia) Yabe and Eguchi
1956Peponocyathus Wells
1992Truncatocyathus Stolarski
1995Pepenocyathus Berndt and Welle
1997Peponocyathus Cairns
1997Cylindrophyllia Wienrich p. 88
2002Cylindrophyllia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Peponocyathus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Truncatocyathus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444
Berndt M., Welle J. (1995) Ahermatype Korallen aus dem Oberoligozän der Schächte Rheinberg und Sophia Jacoba 8 (Niederrheinische Bucht) [Ahermatypic corals from Upper Oligocene of the Rheinberg and Sophia Jacoba 8 wells (Lower Rhine Embayment)], Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 198 1/2, 47-68
Cairns S. D. (1997) A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 591, 1-55
Wienrich G. (1997) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen., Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1, 1-187
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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