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Montlivaltia truncata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia truncata was named by Defrance (1817). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Anthophyllum truncatum by Goldfuss (1826), Michelin (1846); it was recombined as Lasmophyllia truncata by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Montlivaultia truncata by Milne-Edwards (1857), Bendukidze (1949); it was recombined as Circophyllia truncata by Felix (1925); it was recombined as Montlivaltia truncata by Pandey et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Caryophyllia truncata Defrance
1826Anthophyllum truncatum Goldfuss
1846Anthophyllum truncatum Michelin p. 223 figs. pl. 54 fig. 3
1850Lasmophyllia truncata d'Orbigny p. 30
1857Montlivaultia truncata Milne-Edwards p. 298
1861Montlivaultia gigas de Fromentel p. 117
1925Circophyllia truncata Felix
1949Montlivaultia truncata Bendukidze p. 70 figs. Pl 6, figs 4-4b, 5, 5a
1969Ghirobocyathus lagaensis Barta-Calmus
1977Montlivaltia sioufensis Beauvais and M'Rabet
1985Montlivaltia xizangensis Liao and Xia
2007Montlivaltia truncata Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusMontlivaltiaLamouroux 1821
speciestruncata(Defrance 1817)

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.

†Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817
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†Montlivaltia truncata elongata Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977
Invalid names: Montlivaltia gigas de Fromentel 1861 [synonym], Montlivaltia sioufensis Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym], Montlivaltia xizangensis Liao and Xia 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryg
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: 2008-02-05 12:00:16
Modified: 2008-02-05 14:00:16
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 157.90000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Centre) Montlivaltia gigas (93124)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Montlivaltia gigas (85959)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation Montlivaltia truncata (213022)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Montlivaltia truncata (78417 78438)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Montlivaltia truncata (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Montlivaltia truncata (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Montlivaltia truncata (90017)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Montlivaltia truncata (34664)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Greece Montlivaltia gigas (85964)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Montlivaltia truncata (68602 68815)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Montlivaltia truncata (89994)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6China (Xizang) Montlivaltia xizangensis (80569) Montlivaltia xizangensis, Montlivaltia gigas (74251)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Tunisia Montlivaltia truncata, Montlivaltia sioufensis (79219)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Switzerland Montlivaltia truncata (192209)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Montlivaltia truncata (233521)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Montlivaltia truncata (83393)