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Aplosmilia semisulcata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Lobophyllia semisulcata was named by Michelin (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aplosmilia.

It was recombined as Aplosmilia semisulcata by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850), Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lobophyllia semisulcata Michelin
1849Aplosmilia semisulcata D'Orbigny p. 6
1850Aplosmilia semisulcata d'Orbigny p. 37
2003Aplosmilia semisulcata Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusAplosmilia
speciessemisulcata()

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.

†Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843
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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: 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 Bathonian to the top of the Valanginian or 168.20000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Aplosmilia semisulcata (41410 41414)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Aplosmilia semisulcata (93188)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Serbia Aplosmilia semisulcata (85906)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Georgia Aplosmilia semisulcata (85931)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Turkmenistan Aplosmilia semisulcata (85949)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Aplosmilia semisulcata (90027)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Aplosmilia semisulcata (68594)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Aplosmilia semisulcata (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Aplosmilia semisulcata (34624 34625)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Aplosmilia semisulcata (68510)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Aplosmilia semisulcata (31285)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Aplosmilia semisulcata (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Aplosmilia semisulcata (69144)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Aplosmilia semisulcata (233521)