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Lophosmilia
Taxonomy
Lophosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Bendukidze (1949); to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1941), Baron-Szabo (2021).
It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Bendukidze (1949); to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1941), Baron-Szabo (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Lophosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1941 | Lophosmilia Wells p. 313 |
| 1949 | Loposmilia Bendukidze p. 58 |
| 1956 | Lophosmilia Wells |
| 2002 | Lophosmilia Sepkoski |
| 2021 | Lophosmilia Baron-Szabo |
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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. Lophosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Lophosmilia yabei Wells 1941
†Loposmilia mikeladzei Bendukidze 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | Lophosmilia indet. (13588) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | Lophosmilia indet. (13856) | |
| Aptian | China (Xizang) | L. cenomana (74263) | |
| Cenomanian | China (Xizang) | L. sp. (74284) | |
| Eocene | Indonesia (Sumba) | L. subgranulosa (62858) | |
| Middle Eocene | Italy | L. alpina (146612) | |
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Piura) | L. yabei (86942) | |
| Tortonian | Spain (Andalusia) | L. sp. (110114) |