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Cheilosmilia emarginata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Lingulosmilia emarginata was named by Koby (1888). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cheilosmilia emarginata by Beauvais (1963) and Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Lingulosmilia emarginata Koby
1963Cheilosmilia emarginata Beauvais
2008Cheilosmilia emarginata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusCheilosmiliaKoby 1888
speciesemarginata(Koby 1888)

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.

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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Cheilosmilia emarginata (85959)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Cheilosmilia emarginata (68588)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Cheilosmilia emarginata (68602)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Lingulosmilia emarginata (34662)