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Peplosmilia fromenteli

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Peplosmilia fromenteli was named by Angelis d'Ossat (1905).

It was recombined as Axosmilia fromenteli by Turnsek and Buser (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. depressa, P. sessilis, P. taurica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat
1974Axosmilia fromenteli Turnsek and Buser
1981Peplosmilia fromenteli Turnsek and Mihajlovic

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeFelix 1900
genusPeplosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
speciesfromenteliAngelis d'Ossat 1905

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.

†Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 125.77000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian137.05 - 119.57Tanzania Plesiosmilia neocomiensis (85378)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Turkmenistan Peplosmilia fromenteli (91685)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Peplosmilia fromenteli (74793)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Peplosmilia fromenteli (68730) Peplosmilia fromenteli, Axosmilia fromenteli (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Peplosmilia fromenteli (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Tanzania Plesiosmilia neocomiensis (85359)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Xizang) Peplosmilia fromenteli (74266)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Peplosmilia fromenteli (74811)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria Peplosmilia fromenteli (24265)