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Polyphylloseris conophora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Mastophyllia conophora was named by Felix (1891).

It was recombined as Polyphylloseris conophora by Reyeros-Navarro (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Mastophyllia conophora Felix
1963Polyphylloseris conophora Reyeros-Navarro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusPolyphylloserisFromentel 1857
speciesconophora(Felix 1891)

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 Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.77000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) Polyphylloseris conophora (89865)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Michoacan) Polyphylloseris conophora (89844 89846)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) Astraraea ngariensis (74259)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico Polyphylloseris conophora (69900)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico Polyphylloseris conophora (234721)