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Stylimorpha karajilgensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Parepismiliidae

Taxonomy
Stylimorpha karajilgensis was named by Melnikova and Roniewicz (2020). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karajilga Creek, which is in a Pliensbachian open shallow subtidal wackestone/schist in the Gurumdy Formation of Tajikistan. It is the type species of Stylimorpha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Stylimorpha karajilgensis Melnikova and Roniewicz p. 484

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyParepismiliidaeMelnikova and Roniewicz 2017
genusStylimorpha
specieskarajilgensis

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.

Stylimorpha karajilgensis Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
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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: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) Stylimorpha karajilgensis (type locality: 234060)