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Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Stylosmilia trapeziformis was named by Gregory (1900).

It was recombined as Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis by Wells (1956), Beauvais and Nouiouat (1993), Pandey et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. minima, L. orbicularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Stylosmilia trapeziformis Gregory
1956Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Wells p. F390
1993Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Beauvais and Nouiouat
2000Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusLochmaeosmiliaWells 1943
speciestrapeziformis(Gregory 1900)

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: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 168.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (83641)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toliara) Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (86409)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (24050)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (86479)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (86492)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Georgia Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (85937)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (83637)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Algeria Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (79372)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Heliocoenia humberti (93539)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (93864 93868 93869 93871 94312 94313 94315 94338 94455)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia Heliocoenia humberti (93531)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (74894)