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Acrosmilia elongata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Acrosmilia elongata was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN.F.B12740, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jhirk, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian reef, buildup or bioherm horizon in Pakistan.

It was recombined as Trochosmilia elongata by Reuss (1854), Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857), de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Acrosmilia elongata d'Orbigny p. 30
1854Trochosmilia elongata Reuss
1857Trochosmilia elongata Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 165
1861Trochosmilia elongata de Fromentel p. 100
2003Acrosmilia elongata Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAcrosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusAcrosmiliad'Orbigny 1849
specieselongata

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.

Acrosmilia elongata d'Orbigny 1850
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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: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Acrosmilia elongata (74895)