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Smilotrochus palmerae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Blagrovia palmerae was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Sycamore Creek, Forth Worth, which is in an Albian coastal siliciclastic in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Smilotrochus palmerae by Baron-Szabo (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Blagrovia palmerae Wells
1998Smilotrochus palmerae Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyEusmiliinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusSmilotrochusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciespalmerae()

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.

†Smilotrochus palmerae Wells 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-11-30 02:22:59
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:38:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Campanian or 105.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Blagrovia palmerae (type locality: 123265)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Smilotrochus palmerae, Protrochocyathus subarcuatus (67084)