Cyathophyllum

Goldfuss, 1826, p. 51

Cyathophyllum Goldfuss, 1826, p. 51 is a nomen dubium (unavailable).

Type Species

Cyathophyllum plicatum Goldfuss, 1826, p. 51; Unknown

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Remarks

Goldfuss (1826, p. 51) created the genus Cyathophyllum in order to include many Paleozoic forms that had previously been assigned based on their general features like cone-shaped, ram horn-formed, etc. He combined material that had been published as Turbinolia, Hippurites, Madreporites, Caryophyllide, Madrepora, Calamites, and others. Goldfuss only included Paleozoic material in Cyathophyllum. Later, Cretaceous forms were assigned using this genus name. Those forms were subsequently transferred to scleractinian taxa like Montlivaltia and Dimorphastrea. The only Cretaceous taxon that has retained its orginal assignment to Cyathophyllum is the species C. posthumum Eichwald 1865-69 from the Lower Cretaceous of Russia. Felix (1914, p. 77) listed this form under 'incertae sedis'. Because the depository location of the original Eichwald material is unknown, its taxonomic position cannot be clarified.

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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 17-Aug-2010 23:12.

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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo