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Brachyphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy

Brachyphyllia was named by Reuss (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Agariciidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

B. circulus, B. felixi, B. tenuilamellosa

Species lacking formal opinion data

B. indica

Synonyms

Neothecoseris was named by Eliasova (1994). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachyphyllia by Baron-Szabo (2009).

It was assigned to Latomeandridae by Baron-Szabo (2002).
Miniphyllia was named by Eliasova (2004).

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachyphyllia by Baron-Szabo (2009).

It was assigned to Latomeandridae by Eliasova (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Brachyphyllia Reuss
1956	Brachyphyllia Wells
1994	Neothecoseris Eliasova
2002	Neothecoseris Baron-Szabo
2002	Brachyphyllia Sepkoski
2004	Miniphyllia Eliasova

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Latomeandridae	Alloiteau 1952
genus	Brachyphyllia	Reuss 1854

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. †Brachyphyllia Reuss 1854

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†Brachyphyllia circulus Eliasova 1994

†Brachyphyllia felixi Baron-Szabo 2000

†Brachyphyllia tenuilamellosa de Fromentel 1857

Invalid names: Miniphyllia Eliasova 2004 [synonym], Neothecoseris Eliasova 1994 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yesf

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-01-28 06:50:30

Modified:

2008-01-28 08:50:30

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 100.50000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Sachsen)	B. sp. (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany	Neothecoseris circulus (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Czechia	Neothecoseris circulus (34737 35105 35113 35114) Neothecoseris circulus, Miniphyllia tenuilamellosa (35138)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Austria	B. felixi (74895)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Oman	B. felixi (206407)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Pakistan (Sind)	B. indica (11292)