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Cladophyllia dichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron dichotomum was named by Goldfuss (1826). Its type specimen is syntype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cladophyllia.

It was recombined as Eunomia dichotoma by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Cladophyllia dichotoma by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857), Beauvais (1964), Morycowa and Roniewicz (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. catalaunica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Lithodendron dichotomum Goldfuss
1850Eunomia dichotoma d'Orbigny p. 385
1857Cladophyllia dichotoma Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 366
1964Cladophyllia dichotoma Beauvais
1990Cladophyllia dichotoma Morycowa and Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesdichotoma()

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.

†Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826
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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 Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Valanginian or 174.70000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Myanmar Cladophyllia dichotoma (79543)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Cladophyllia dichotoma (93188)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Mexico (Chihuahua) Cladophyllia dichotoma (11287)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Cladophyllia dichotoma (23910 23916)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Cladophyllia dichotoma (23919)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Cladophyllia dichotoma (68075)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Cladophyllia dichotoma (34660)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Azerbaijan Cladophyllia dichotoma (78469)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Cladophyllia dichotoma (68220)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Poland Cladophyllia dichotoma (21268)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cladophyllia dichotoma (23904)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Bulgaria (Pernik) Cladophyllia skuviensis (87066)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Cladophyllia skuviensis (87074 87075 87076 87080 87084)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Turkey Cladophyllia dichotoma (71667)