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Palaeosmilia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Bash-l Sepkoski's reference number: 163,680]. It is not extant. Its type is Palaeosmilia murchisoni. It is the type genus of Palaeosmiliidae, Palaeosmiliinae.

It was assigned to Amygdalophyllinae by Hill (1956); to Palaeosmiliidae by Hill (1981); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeosmiliinae by Somerville et al. (2016).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Palaeosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Palaeosmilia Hill
1981Palaeosmilia Hill
2002Palaeosmilia Sepkoski
2016Palaeosmilia Somerville et al. p. 308

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderAulophyllina
familyPalaeosmiliidaeHill 1940
subfamilyPalaeosmiliinaeHill 1940
genusPalaeosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

G. †Palaeosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Palaeosmilia multiseptata Semenoff-Tian-Chansky 1974
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Palaeosmilia ressoti Menchikoff and Hsu 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Capitanian or 365.20000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Poland (Swietokrzyskie) P. aquisgranensis (134744)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. aquisgranense (84307)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) P. murchisoni (5757 5758 6009 41454) P. sp. (5822 5823 5824 5825 5826 5827 5828 5830 5834 5836 5837 5838 5839 5841 5844 5845 5849 5852 5855 5859 5861)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom P. sp. (34568)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Russian Federation P. murchisoni (78780)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) P. murchisoni (41451)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) P. murchisoni (6016)
Visean346.7 - 330.3China (Xinjiang) P. murchisoni (234331)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Türkiye P. multiseptata (134294)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland (Carlow) P. murchisoni (79119)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) P. murchisoni (6948 6949)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland P. murchisoni (76710)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) P. murchisoni (5985 5989 5990 5991 5992 5994 6063 76661) P. regia, P. murchisoni (5995)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Russian Federation (Tatarstan) P. sp. (78859)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco (Meknes-Tafilalet) P. murchisoni (99646 99649)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Spain (Andalucia) P. murchisoni (79118)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco P. murchisoni (79392)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) P. murchisoni (5987)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Morocco P. murchisoni (99679 99682 99684 134863 134932 228328)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Guizhou) P. murchisoni (134651 134686)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco P. murchisoni (79396 79404 79405) P. regia, P. murchisoni (79393)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Carlow) P. murchisoni (79120 79122)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Xinjiang) P. murchisoni (195845) P. sp. (195847) P. sp., P. murchisoni (195864) P. sp., P. stutchburyi, P. murchisoni (195863) P. stutchburyi, P. murchisoni (195848)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) P. murchisoni (73420) P. regia (73393 73396 73399) P. regia, P. stutchburyi (73394)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Spain (Andalucia) P. murchisoni (79117)
Brigantian - Serpukhovian335.9 - 323.4Russian Federation P. murchisoni (78798)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) P. regia (73467)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China P. murchisoni (234676)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France P. murchisoni (76632) P. sp. (50810)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Algeria P. murchisoni (135029) P. sp. (135341)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Morocco P. murchisoni (224732 234374 234376 234562 234568)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Japan P. murchisoni (49720)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.3 - 315.2Morocco P. murchisoni (234566)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco P. murchisoni, P. ressoti (224690)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Canada (Nunavut) P. murchisoni (135685)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia P. sp. (125030)