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Placosmilia sinuosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Euphyllia sinuosa was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Placosmilia sinuosa by Beauvais (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Euphyllia sinuosa Reuss
1903Trochosmilia psecadiophora Felix
1982Placosmilia sinuosa Beauvais
1992Phragmosmilia psecadiophora Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeFelix 1900
genusPlacosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciessinuosa(Reuss 1854)

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.

Placosmilia sinuosa Reuss 1854
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Invalid names: Phragmosmilia psecadiophora Felix 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Azerbaijan Placosmilia sinuosa (86686)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Aulosmilia protectans (67010)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Placosmilia sinuosa (206407 206408)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Serbia Phragmosmilia psecadiophora (79222)