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Parepismilia thurmanni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Donacosmilidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsosmilia thurmanni was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parepismilia thurmanni by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ellipsosmilia thurmanni Etallon
1864Ellipsosmilia thurmanni Etallon and Thurmann p. 360 figs. pl. 50 fig. 7
1964Parepismilia thurmanni Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAmphiastraeinaAlloiteau 1952
familyDonacosmilidaeKrasnov 1970
genusParepismilia
speciesthurmanni()

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.

Parepismilia thurmanni Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryg
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: 2008-02-12 13:16:11
Modified: 2008-02-12 15:16:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.50000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Parepismilia thurmanni (93134)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Parepismilia thurmanni (35201)