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Epismilia excelsa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsosmilia excelsa was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Valfin Formation of France.

It was recombined as Epismilia excelsa by de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by B. Lathuilière on 2024-09-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Ellipsosmilia excelsa Étallon p. 451
1861Epismilia excelsa de Fromentel p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyZardinophyllidaeMontanaro-Gallitelli 1975
genusEpismiliaFromentel 1861
speciesexcelsa()

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.

Epismilia excelsa Étallon 1859
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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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Ellipsosmilia excelsa (type locality: 68510)