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Protostylophyllum praenuntians

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Taxonomy
Stylophyllum praenuntians was named by Volz (1896). Its type locality is Valparola, Italy, which is in a Carnian shallow subtidal horizon in the Cassian Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Protostylophyllum.

It was recombined as Protostylophyllum praenuntians by Roniewicz and Michalik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Stylophyllum praenuntians Volz
1897Stylophyllum praenuntians Volz
2002Protostylophyllum praenuntians Roniewicz and Michalik p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyStylophyllidaeVolz 1896
genusProtostylophyllum
speciespraenuntians(Volz 1896)

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: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 03:17:53
Modified: 2008-02-05 05:17:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 233.60000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Stylophyllum praenuntians (type locality: 38165)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Slovakia Protostylophyllum praenuntians (31546)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Protostylophyllum praenuntians (225810)