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Dasmosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy

Dasmosmilia was named by Pourtalès (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Kosnik (2002).

Species

D. kochii (syn. D. reesidei), D. lymani (syn. D. pacifica)

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. reesidi

Synonyms

Goniocyathus was named by Yabe and Eguchi (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dasmosmilia by Cairns (1994).

Synonymy list

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Year	Name and author
1880	Dasmosmilia Pourtalès
1932	Goniocyathus Yabe and Eguchi
2002	Dasmosmilia Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Caryophylliina	(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamily	Caryophylliicae	Gray 1847
family	Caryophylliidae	Gray 1847
genus	Dasmosmilia	Pourtalès 1880

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. Dasmosmilia Pourtalès 1880

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†Dasmosmilia kochii Pratz 1910

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Invalid names: Dasmosmilia reesidei Wells 1933 [synonym]

Dasmosmilia lymani Pourtales 1871

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Invalid names: Dasmosmilia pacifica Yabe and Eguchi 1932 [synonym]

Invalid names: Goniocyathus Yabe and Eguchi 1932 [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:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-29 09:15:45

Modified:

2004-02-29 11:15:45

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

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Antarctica	D. sp. (234579)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Serbia	Turbinolia kochii (87672)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	D. sp. (4147 4160 4161 4163 4164 4165 4167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Alabama)	D. reesidei (123411) D. reesidi (83225) D. sp. (4216)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	D. reesidei (123367 123369)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon Parish)	Dasmosmilia indet. (163014 163028)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	D. reesidei (123410)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Goniocyathus pacificus (92589)