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Latiphyllia suevica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Lobophyllia suevica was named by Quenstedt (1858). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thecosmilia suevica by Ogilvie (1897); it was recombined as Latiphyllia suevica by Turnsek (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. ragaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Lobophyllia suevica Quenstedt
1897Thecosmilia suevica Ogilvie
1997Latiphyllia suevica Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDiplocteniopsidaeZlatarski 1968
genusLatiphylliaFromentel 1861
speciessuevica(Quenstedt 1858)

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.

†Latiphyllia suevica Quenstedt 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Valanginian or 157.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Latiphyllia suevica (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Latiphyllia suevica (90000 90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Latiphyllia suevica (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Latiphyllia suevica (68690 68694)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia suevica (68600)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Thecosmilia suevica (85809)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Latiphyllia suevica (89994)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Latiphyllia suevica (23887 23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Latiphyllia suevica (23904 34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Latiphyllia suevica (36533)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Latiphyllia suevica (87083)