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Asterosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Asterosmilia Duncan
1956Asterosmilia Wells
1958Sphenotrochopsis Alloiteau and Tissier
2002Asterosmilia Sepkoski
2002Sphenotrochopsis Sepkoski
2004Asterosmilia Dawson
2005Asterosmilia López-Pérez p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusAsterosmiliaDuncan 1867

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. Asterosmilia Duncan 1867
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†Asterosmilia abnormalis Duncan 1864
†Asterosmilia aliquantula Squires 1958
†Asterosmilia alloiteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
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Invalid names: Kionotrochus briarti Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym], Kionotrochus montensis Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym], Sphenotrochopsis chavani Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym], Sphenotrochopsis straeleni Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym]
†Asterosmilia compressa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
†Asterosmilia duncani Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
†Asterosmilia exarata Duncan 1867
†Asterosmilia hilli Vaughan 1919
†Asterosmilia irregularis Cairns 1995
†Asterosmilia profunda Duncan 1864
Invalid names: Sphenotrochopsis Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-11-30 02:22:59
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:38:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France A. prolifer (76889)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Sphenotrochopsis alloiteaui, Sphenotrochopsis chavani, Sphenotrochopsis straeleni, Kionotrochus briarti, Kionotrochus montensis (76893)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Yazd) A. alloiteaui (233246)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Nehbandan) A. alloiteaui (233245)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) A. alloiteaui (233247)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Barbados A. hilli (77045)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) A. pourtalesi, A. sp. (71118)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran A. sp. (41074)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) A. hilli (85797)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia A. sp. (78900)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) A. compressa (65162 84329)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. compressa, A. duncani (124719) A. profunda, A. abnormalis (93657)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic A. abnormalis (93686)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. abnormalis (74914)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. abnormalis (93678 93711) A. exarata (93679) A. profunda (93659 93688) A. profunda, A. exarata (93619)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. abnormalis (93654 93687)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. abnormalis (74933)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. profunda (93713)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. profunda (74965) A. sp. (93642)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. abnormalis (93655)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) A. exarata (79958)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) A. exarata (79794 79983) A. profunda (61336 61337 79771 79772 79988)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic A. profunda (93612)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica A. irregularis (71750) A. irregularis, A. profunda, A. exarata (91911)