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Pleurophyllia cara

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Pleurophyllia cara was named by Eliasova (1975). Its type specimen is Holotype HF 184, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stramberk reef, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of Czechia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pleurophyllia cara Eliasova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusPleurophylliaFromentel 1856
speciescara

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.

Pleurophyllia cara Eliasova 1975
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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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Valanginian or 154.80000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Pleurophyllia cara (35201)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Pleurophyllia cara (68607)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Pleurophyllia cara (154046)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Pleurophyllia cara (31285)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Pleurophyllia cara (62219 62220)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Pleurophyllia cara (151546)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Pleurophyllia cara (type locality: 36533)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Pleurophyllia cara (87074 87080 87085)