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Axosmilia sessilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Plesiosmilia sessilis was named by Milaschewitsch (1876).

It was recombined as Axosmilia sessilis by Pandey et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Plesiosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch
1876Plesiosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch
2000Axosmilia sessilis Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusAxosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciessessilis(Milaschewitsch 1876)

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.

Axosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch 1876
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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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2014

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 168.60000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41395 41396)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41408)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Axosmilia sessilis (24050)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41411)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Axosmilia sessilis (83637)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21China (Xizang) Axosmilia sessilis (80571)