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Plesiosmilia compressa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae

Taxonomy
Pleurosmilia compressa was named by de Fromentel (1856). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plesiosmilia compressa by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pleurosmilia compressa de Fromentel p. 855 figs. pl. 4 fig. 4
1880Pleurosmilia compressa Koby
1964Plesiosmilia compressa Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familySmilotrochiidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusPlesiosmiliaMilaschewitsch 1876
speciescompressa()

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.

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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Plesiosmilia compressa (85959 93151)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Plesiosmilia compressa (68680)