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Microphyllia contorta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Microphyllia contorta was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Latimaeandra contorta by de Fromentel (1861); it was recombined as Latimeandra contorta by Koby (1885); it was recombined as Brachyseris contorta by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Microphyllia contorta Étallon
1861Latimaeandra contorta de Fromentel p. 161
1885Latimeandra contorta Koby
1964Brachyseris contorta Beauvais
2003Microphyllia contorta Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMicrophyllia
speciescontorta

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.

Microphyllia contorta Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 165.30000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Microphyllia contorta (41416)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) Microphyllia contorta (41417)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Microphyllia contorta (41422 41423)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Brachyseris contorta (93114)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Microphyllia contorta (68809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Microphyllia contorta (68510)