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Eusmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Eusmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Eusmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Meandrinidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Eusmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Eusmilia Wells
2000Eusmilia Veron
2002Eusmilia Sepkoski
2005Eusmilia López-Pérez p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusEusmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Eusmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Eusmilia bainbridgensis Durham 1942
†Eusmilia carrizensis Vaughan 1917
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) E. bainbridgensis (91614 208163)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France E. fastigiata (70067 163836)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Bayern) E. sp. (123149)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic E. sp. (124780)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) E. carrizensis (124512)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica E. sp. (71374)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti E. sp. (66809)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica E. fastigata (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas E. sp. A (73646 73649)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica E. fastigiata (71419)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Jamaica E. fastigata (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama E. fastigiata (120200 120202 120218 120276 120277 120278 124662) E. sp. (73629) E. sp. A (120274) E. sp. A, E. fastigiata (120273)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica E. fastigata (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica E. fastigiata (71722 71729 71758 71769 71770 124700) E. sp. (71774 73617 73624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti E. fastigiata (60881)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic E. fastigata (75424)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados E. fastigiata (88865)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados E. fastigiata (102439)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) E. fastigiata (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize E. fastigiata (88825)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) E. fastigiata (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) E. fastigiata (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas E. fastigiata (102639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia E. fastigiata (102769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) E. fastigiata (103521 103525 103526 103527 103528 103729 103730)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) E. fastigiata (166461)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles E. fastigiata (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic E. fastigiata (97552 97553 97554 97555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) E. fastigiata (97609 97610)