Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Keriophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Keriophyllia was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: J m Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant. Its type is Keriophyllia hourcqi.

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Keriophyllia Alloiteau
2002Keriophyllia Baron-Szabo
2002Keriophyllia Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusKeriophyllia

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. †Keriophyllia Alloiteau 1958
show all | hide all
Keriophyllia fischeri de Fromentel 1873
Keriophyllia hourcqi Alloiteau 1958
Keriophyllia oolitica Beauvais and Negus 1975
Keriophyllia roniewiczae Baron-Szabo and González-León 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 168.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toliara) K. fischeri (86490)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toliara) K. hourcqi (86480)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) K. oolitica (38159)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) K. hourcqi (86481)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kumamoto) Montastrea ebiraseensis (91400)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Stylina parviramosa (69144)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico K. roniewiczae (21254)