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Stephanocyathus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2259091	https://www.gbif.org/species/2259091
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6882	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6882

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Stephanocyathus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Caryophylliina
superfamily	Caryophylliicae	Gray 1847
family	Caryophylliidae	Gray 1847
subfamily	Caryophylliinae	Gray 1847
genus	Stephanocyathus	Seguenza 1864

Scientific Name

Stephanocyathus Seguenza, 1864

Name Published In

Mem. Accad. Torino, (2) 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stephanocyathus	genus	belongs to Caryophylliinae	stated with evidence	Wells, 1956
Stephanocyathus	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (42%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Caryophylliidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

microcarnivore (based on Caryophylliidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Caryophylliidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		7	43.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		15	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Stephanocyathus bipatella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus campaniformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus coronatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus crassus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus diadema species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus explanans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus flatiliseptis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus holcombensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Stephanocyathus imperialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus isabellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus laevifundus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus magnificus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Stephanocyathus moseleyanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus nobilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus paliferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus platypus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus regius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus spiniger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus tatei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Stephanocyathus variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus weberianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanocyathus zancleus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sabinotrochus Duncan, 1873	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : *Sabinotrochus*
Odontocyathus Moseley, 1881	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : *Odontocyathus*
Stephanotrochus Moseley, 1881	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : *Stephanotrochus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Stephanocyathus Seguenza
1956	Stephanocyathus Wells
1992	Stephanocyathus Squires and Demetrion p. 24
2002	Stephanocyathus 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

Squires R. L., Demetrion R. A. (1992) Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434, 1-55

Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson, 2010. Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species

Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Mem. Accad. Torino, (2) 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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