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Cladophyllia furcifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cladophyllia furcifera was named by Roemer (1888).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. catalaunica, C. conybeari

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesfurciferaRoemer 1888

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.

†Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888
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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 Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 121.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Austria Cladophyllia furcifera (221476)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Cladophyllia furcifera (221477)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Cladophyllia furcifera (74893)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Cladophyllia furcifera (83393)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Cladophyllia furcifera (56934)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) Cladophyllia furcifera (123295 123339 123340 123356)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Cladophyllia furcifera (27649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Cladophyllia furcifera (27650)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Cladophyllia furcifera (27645)