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Paraleptoria flexuosissima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Diploria flexuosissima was named by d'Achiardi (1868). Its type specimen is MSNTUP 576 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paraleptoria flexuosissima by Budd and Bosellini (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Diploria flexuosissima d'Achiardi p. 22 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4
2016Paraleptoria flexuosissima Budd and Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusParaleptoria
speciesflexuosissima(d'Achiardi 1868)

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.

Paraleptoria flexuosissima d'Achiardi 1868
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Paraleptoria flexuosissima (227821)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Veneto) Paraleptoria flexuosissima (180311)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Paraleptoria flexuosissima (75454)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Diploria flexuosissima (179748)