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Stylina lobata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Explanaria lobata was named by Muenster (1829). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stylina lobata by d'Orbigny (1850) and Becker and Milaschewitsch (1874).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. bullata, S. magnifica, S. fukawazaensis, S. somaensis, S. shinkaiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Explanaria lobata Goldfuss
1829Explanaria lobata Muenster p. 110 figs. pl. 38 fig. 5
1850Stylina lobata d'Orbigny p. 386
1874Stylina lobata Becker and Milaschewitsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStylinaLamarck 1816
specieslobata()

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.

†Stylina lobata Muenster 1829
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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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Stylina lobata (85959 93151)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Belarus Stylina lobata (11302)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Stylina lobata (78421)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Greece Stylina lobata (86170)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Azerbaijan Stylina lobata (78458)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Mexico (Sonora) Stylina lobata (85573)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Stylina lobata (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Stylina lobata (23887)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Stylina lobata (68239)