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Macgeopsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Macgeopsis was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-u K Sepkoski's reference number: 658,682]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ellipsosmiliidae by Beauvais (1986); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Macgeopsis Alloiteau
1986Macgeopsis Beauvais
2002Macgeopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderArchaeocoeniinaAlloiteau 1952
familyEllipsosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1957
genusMacgeopsisAlloiteau 1957

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. †Macgeopsis Alloiteau 1957
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Macgeopsis complanata Alloiteau 1958
Macgeopsis grandidieri de Fromentel 1873
Macgeopsis sonorensis Beauvais and Stump 1976
Macgeopsis subcylindrata Alloiteau 1958
Macgeopsis turbinata Alloiteau 1958
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 Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 180.40000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Morocco M. sp. (33613)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) M. stutchburyi (77244)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia M. grandidieri (48454)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toliara) M. grandidieri, M. complanata (86490)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toliara) M. grandidieri, M. subcylindrata, M. complanata (86480)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) M. grandidieri, M. complanata, M. turbinata (86481)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Georgia M. grandidieri (85937)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Mexico (Sonora) M. sonorensis (85573)