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Axosmilia extinctorium

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia extinctorium was named by Michelin (1841). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN.F.M00053, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Axosmilia.

It was recombined as Axosmilia extinctorium by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849), d'Orbigny (1850), Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857), de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cuneata, A. discoidea

Synonyms
  • Pleurosmilia impressa was named by Koby (1906). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB-D6433-6435 (Syntypes).

    It was synonymized objectively with Axosmilia extinctorium by Beauvais (1972).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Caryophyllia extinctorium Michelin
1849Axosmilia extinctorium Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 262
1850Axosmilia extinctorium d'Orbigny
1857Axosmilia extinctorium Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 182
1861Axosmilia extinctorium de Fromentel p. 108
1906Pleurosmilia impressa Koby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusAxosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesextinctorium()

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.

†Axosmilia extinctorium Michelin 1841
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Invalid names: Pleurosmilia impressa Koby 1906 [objective synonym]
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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2014, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) Axosmilia extinctorium (85965)