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Acrosmilia minima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Acrosmilia minima was named by Beauvais and M'Rabet (1977). Its type locality is Corals of Djebel Siouf, which is in a Berriasian marine marl in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Acrosmilia minima Beauvais and M'Rabet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAcrosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusAcrosmiliad'Orbigny 1849
speciesminima

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.

Acrosmilia minima Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977
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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 Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 139.10000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Tunisia Acrosmilia minima (type locality: 79219)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Acrosmilia minima (35101)