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Microphyllia thurmanni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Microphyllia thurmanni was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Latimeandra thurmanni by Koby (1885); it was recombined as Isastrea thurmanni by Ogilvie (1897).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon
1864Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon and Thurmann pp. p. 397 figs. pl. 56 fig. 9
1885Latimeandra thurmanni Koby
1897Isastrea thurmanni Ogilvie
1955Microphyllia thurmanni Geyer
1958Elysastraea sakalavensis Alloiteau

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

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 thurmanni Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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Invalid names: Elysastraea sakalavensis Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Barremian or 168.20000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) Elysastraea sakalavensis (86479)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Microphyllia thurmanni (31435 98352)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Isastrea thurmanni (78421)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Isastrea thurmanni (89994)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Microphyllia thurmanni (36533)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Microphyllia thurmanni (67122)