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Miscellosmilia famosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Miscellosmilia famosa was named by Eliasova (1976). Its type specimen is Holotype HF 326 and 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. It is the type species of Miscellosmilia.

It was recombined as Axosmilia famosa by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Miscellosmilia famosa Eliasova
2014Axosmilia famosa Kiessling
2024Miscellosmilia famosa Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusMiscellosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfamosa

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.

Miscellosmilia famosa Eliasova 1976
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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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2014, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 165.30000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft) Miscellosmilia famosa (233587)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Miscellosmilia famosa (type locality: 36533)