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Dimorpharaea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Dimorpharaea was named by de Fromentel (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo K m Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Microsolenidae by Morycowa and Decrouez (2006); and to Comoseridae by Cairns et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Dimorpharaea de Fromentel
2002Dimorpharaea Sepkoski
2006Dimorpharaea Morycowa and Decrouez
2010Dimorpharaea Cairns et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusDimorpharaeade Fromentel 1861

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. †Dimorpharaea de Fromentel 1861
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†Dimorpharaea aequiseptalis Bendukidze 1949
†Dimorpharaea burulchiensis Kusmicheva 1972
†Dimorpharaea catalaunica Reig Oriol 1995
†Dimorpharaea deickei Boelsche 1877
†Dimorpharaea desori Koby 1888
†Dimorpharaea expansa Solomko 1888
†Dimorpharaea japonica Eguchi 1951
†Dimorpharaea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
†Dimorpharaea lehmani Beauvais 1967
†Dimorpharaea lineata Eichwald 1865
†Dimorpharaea ornata Koby 1887
†Dimorpharaea stellans Gregory 1900
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Invalid names: Dimorpharaea orbica Gregory 1900 [synonym]
†Dimorpharaea tosaensis Eguchi 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Campanian or 170.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena koechlini (41398)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena ornata (41396)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Microsolena ornata (73967)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Bourgogne) D. sp., D. lehmani (38563)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France D. sp. (34714)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) D. fungiformis (77243)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena ornata (41408)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) D. lentiformis (85965)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) D. stellans (93561)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) D. stellans, D. orbica (24050)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran D. sp., D. lineata (85446)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena koechlini (41414) Microsolena koechlini, Microsolena ornata (41416) Microsolena ornata (41410 41411)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Poland D. contorta (38189)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan D. stellans (83637)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Georgia D. lentiformis (85937)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland (Vaud) Microsolena ornata (86669)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena ornata (41418)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft) D. fungiformis, D. sp., D. tosaensis, D. ornata, D. williamsonensis (233587)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ukraine D. sp., D. lineata (67868)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena ornata (41419)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena ornata (41417)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany D. sp. (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) D. sp. (21273 21274)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) D. sp. (31435)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena koechlini, Microsolena ornata (41422)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland D. sp. (22735)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (22737)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France D. sp. (63460 63903 63907 63908 63909 63910 63911 63912 63913 63914 63915 63916 63917 63918 63919 63921)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) D. sp. (31437)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France D. sp. (220992 220993 220995 220997 220999 221000 221001 221002 221003 221033 221034 221035 221036 221037 221038 221039 221040 221041)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) D. koechlini (93158 93185)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland D. desori (93264) D. koechlini (93154) D. koechlini, D. expansa (93153) D. sp. (93155)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) D. gresslyi, D. sp., D. koechlini (93114) D. sp. (93157)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) D. expansa (93186)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Comophyllia tosaensis (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Morocco D. sp. (138315 138316 138438 138439 138574)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) D. muensteri, D. sp. (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Burgundy) D. sp. (22736)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Uzbekistan D. lineata, D. expansa (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) D. lineata, D. aequiseptalis (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan D. sp., D. expansa (78440)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Georgia Microsolena ornata (85931)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Morocco (Souss-Massa-Draa) D. sp. (85542)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Microsolena ornata (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia D. koechlini, Microsolena ornata, D. lineata, D. desori, D. aequiseptalis (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Microsolena ornata (68694)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) D. koechlini, D. lineata, D. globularis, D. aequiseptalis (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) D. globularis (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Ukraine D. lineata (90026)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Greece D. sp. (85964)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Italy D. sp. (155051)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Microsolena ornata (133383 133386 133390)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) D. tosaensis (91382 91383)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan D. tosaensis (34551 34553)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland D. koechlini (64116)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy D. sp. (196865)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia D. koechlini (36533)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine (Crimea) D. burulchiensis (22962)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine D. burulchiensis (47041)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) D. catalaunica (84811)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Jamaica (Saint Catherine) D. sp. (89647)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland D. catalaunica, D. manchacaensis (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece D. koechlini (34719) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, D. desori, D. manchacaensis (60375)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain D. manchacanensis (82690 82693)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) D. japonica (91282)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Murcia) D. deickei (154982) D. sp. (154983) D. sp., D. deickei (154981)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) D. koechlini (35101)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Greece D. catalaunica (60368)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) D. manchacaensis (35097)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, D. deickei (94265)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) D. manchacaensis (123261 123263 123318)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain D. fungiformis, D. japonica, D. ornata, D. williamsonensis (23537)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Sachsen) D. tosaensis, D. deickei (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France D. fungiformis, D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, D. sp. 3, D. roemeri, D. japonica, D. deickei, D. williamsonensis (187927)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany D. japonica (160830)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.2Georgia D. manchacaensis (91628)