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Mesomorpha mammillata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Porites mammillata was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant. It is the type species of Mesomorpha.

It was recombined as Coscinaraea mammillata by Milne-Edwards (1860); it was recombined as Ahrdorffia mammillata by Alloiteau (1957); it was recombined as Mesomorpha mammillata by Felix (1903) and Beauvais (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Porites mammillata Reuss
1860Coscinaraea mammillata Milne-Edwards
1903Mesomorpha mammillata Felix
1957Ahrdorffia mammillata Alloiteau
1982Mesomorpha mammillata Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusMesomorphaPratz 1883
speciesmammillata(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.

Mesomorpha mammillata Reuss 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 122.46000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Mesomorpha mammillata (132351 132379)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria Mesomorpha mammillata (27296)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Mesomorpha mammillata (67610)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri (67084)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Mesomorpha mammillata (206407)