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Lophosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

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).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lophosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1941Lophosmilia Wells p. 313
1949Loposmilia Bendukidze p. 58
1956Lophosmilia Wells
2002Lophosmilia Sepkoski
2021Lophosmilia Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusLophosmiliaMilne-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. 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
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-11-30 02:22:59
Modified: 2009-10-10 14:38:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Tortonian or 165.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Lophosmilia indet. (13588)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Lophosmilia indet. (13856)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) L. cenomana (74263)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9China (Xizang) L. sp. (74284)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Indonesia (Sumba) L. subgranulosa (62858)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy L. alpina (146612)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru (Piura) L. yabei (86942)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain (Andalusia) L. sp. (110114)