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Montlivaltia crenata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Montlivaltia crenata was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Montlivaultia crenata by Münster (1841), Laube (1865); it was recombined as Margarophyllia crenata by Volz (1896).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Montlivaultia crenata Münster
1841Montlivaltia crenata Münster p. 35 figs. Pl 2, fig 11
1865Montlivaultia crenata Laube p. 29 figs. Pl 3, fig 10
1896Margarophyllia crenata Volz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusMontlivaltiaLamouroux 1821
speciescrenata

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.

Montlivaltia crenata Münster 1841
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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: 2008-02-05 12:00:16
Modified: 2008-02-05 14:00:16
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Montlivaltia crenata (type locality: 137429)