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Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Frechia cornutiformis was named by Gregory (1900). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis by Pandey et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cornutiforme, E. duncani, E. excelsa, E. gracilis, E. manzourensis, E. oldhami

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Frechia cornutiformis Gregory
1900Protethmos oldhami Gregory
2007Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyDermosmiliidaeKoby 1887
genusEpistreptophyllumMilaschewitsch 1876
speciescornutiformis(Gregory 1900)

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.

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Invalid names: Protethmos oldhami Gregory 1900 [synonym]
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 Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 174.70000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis (41395)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Protethmos blanfordi (24050)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis (77890)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Epismilia delemontana (93539)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Xizang) Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis (85960)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis (83416)