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Remismilia sublaevis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron sublaeve was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Cladophyllia sublaevis by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Goniocora sublaevis by Salomon (1895); it was recombined as Thecosmilia sublaevis by Volz (1896); it was recombined as Volzeia sublaevis by Turnsek (1997); it was recombined as Remismilia sublaevis by Beauvais (1972), Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Lithodendron sublaeve Münster p. 33 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1865Cladophyllia sublaevis Laube p. 39 figs. Pl 4, fig 5
1895Goniocora sublaevis Salomon
1896Thecosmilia sublaevis Volz
1972Remismilia sublaevis Beauvais
1997Volzeia sublaevis Turnsek
2014Remismilia sublaevis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyProtoheterastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusRemismiliaBeauvais 1972
speciessublaevis()

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.

Remismilia sublaevis Münster 1841
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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 Longobardian to the top of the Tuvalian or 239.48000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Goniocora sublaevis (202272)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary Volzeia sublaevis (42258)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Slovenia Volzeia sublaevis (36528)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Lithodendron sublaeve (137429) Thecosmilia sublaevis (34691 69658)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Remismilia sublaevis (195833) Volzeia sublaevis (36535 36558 36559 36562 36563 68740 68741 68747)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Thecosmilia sublaevis (38160 38161 38162 38166)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Thailand Volzeia sublaevis (34566)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Volzeia sublaevis (38018)