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Antillophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Antillophyllia was named by Vaughan (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Plio]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Faviidae by Wells (1956), Squires (1999); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trachyphylliidae by López-Pérez (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Antillophyllia Vaughan
1956Antillophyllia Wells
1999Antillophyllia Squires p. 11
2002Antillophyllia Sepkoski
2005Antillophyllia López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusAntillophylliaVaughan 1932

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. †Antillophyllia Vaughan 1932
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Antillophyllia chipolana Weisbord 1971
Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877
Antillophyllia gesteri Clark and Durham 1946
Antillophyllia olssoni Clark and Durham 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Comments: free-livingg
Created: 2009-02-17 02:25:56
Modified: 2009-02-17 04:25:56
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) A. californica (207322)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jamaica A. sp. (77044)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) A. gesteri (42827 42831) A. gesteri, A. olssoni (42832)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France A. alloiteaui (70067 163836)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) A. chipolana (123553 123555 123562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) A. constricta (45341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Antillia constricta (164630)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia A. constricta (45334 45339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia A. constricta (42739)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Antillia constricta (108809)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Indonesia (Talaud) A. constricta (42738)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan Antillia constricta (63137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Antillia constricta (93827)