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Stylina excelsa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Stylina excelsa was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Adelocoenia excelsa by Beauvais (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Stylina excelsa Etallon
1859Stylina excelsa Étallon
1949Stylina excelsa Bendukidze p. 61 fig. 3
1964Adelocoenia excelsa Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStylinaLamarck 1816
speciesexcelsa

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.

Stylina excelsa Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Stylina excelsa (68610)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Stylina excelsa (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Stylina excelsa (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Stylina excelsa (68586 68594)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Stylina excelsa (34613)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Azerbaijan Stylina excelsa (78466 78471)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Adelocoenia excelsa (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Stylina excelsa (23887)