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Meandrophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy

Meandrophyllia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 847]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Microsolenidae by Wells (1944); to Haplaraeidae by Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meandrophylliinae by Roniewicz (1976) and Baron-Szabo (2002).

Species

M. amedei, M. cariacoensis, M. corrugata (syn. Meandrina edwardsi), M. greppini, M. heberti, M. lotharinga, M. macroseriata, M. meandriformis (syn. Thamnasteria hideshimaensis), M. meandroides (syn. Thamnasteria contorta), M. montezumae, M. oceani, M. plummeri, M. steini (syn. M. sauteri, Meandraraea mabutii), M. textilis, M. tomesi, M. tuberosa, M. uxacalcensis, M. velamentosa (syn. M. gyrosa)

Synonyms

Latimaeandraraea was named by Fromentel (1861).

It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrophyllia by Wells (1956).
Uxacalcaraea was named by Alloiteau (1957). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrophyllia by Baron-Szabo (2008).
Michelinaraea was named by Alloiteau (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l K u Sepkoski's reference number: 183].

It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrophyllia by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Microsolenidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1849	Meandrophyllia d'Orbigny
1861	Latimaeandraraea Fromentel
1944	Meandrophyllia Wells
1952	Michelinaraea Alloiteau
1956	Michelinaraea Wells
1957	Uxacalcaraea Alloiteau
1976	Meandrophyllia Roniewicz
1997	Meandrophyllia Turnsek
2002	Meandrophyllia Baron-Szabo
2002	Meandrophyllia Sepkoski
2002	Michelinaraea Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
family	Haplaraeidae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
subfamily	Meandrophylliinae
genus	Meandrophyllia	d'Orbigny 1849

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. †Meandrophyllia d'Orbigny 1849

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†Meandrophyllia amedei Etallon 1864

†Meandrophyllia cariacoensis Wells 1944

†Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843

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Invalid names: Meandrina edwardsi Michelin 1843 [synonym]

†Meandrophyllia greppini Koby 1888

†Meandrophyllia heberti Alloiteau 1957

†Meandrophyllia lotharinga Michelin 1843

†Meandrophyllia macroseriata Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993

†Meandrophyllia meandriformis Morycowa 1971

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Invalid names: Thamnasteria hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951 [synonym]

†Meandrophyllia meandroides Koby 1898

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Invalid names: Thamnasteria contorta Eguchi 1951 [synonym]

†Meandrophyllia montezumae Felix 1891

†Meandrophyllia oceani de Fromentel 1877

†Meandrophyllia plummeri Wells 1932

†Meandrophyllia steini Felix 1891

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Invalid names: Meandrophyllia sauteri Felix 1891 [synonym]

†Meandrophyllia textilis Goldfuss 1826

†Meandrophyllia tomesi Beauvais 1966

†Meandrophyllia tuberosa Etallon 1864

†Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis Alloiteau 1957

†Meandrophyllia velamentosa Goldfuss 1826

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Invalid names: Meandrophyllia gyrosa Goldfuss 1826 [synonym]

Invalid names: Latimaeandraraea Fromentel 1861 [synonym], Michelinaraea Alloiteau 1952 [synonym], Uxacalcaraea Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-10 09:04:12

Modified:

2008-02-10 11:04:12

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 170.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (85 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic	201.4 - 145.0	Tunisia	M. sp. (13862)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Switzerland	M. greppini (162373)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Tunisia	M. tomesi (36667)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Tunisia	M. sp. (13900)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	France (Franche-Comte)	M. edwardsi (93184)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	France (Lorraine)	M. edwardsi (93188)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Algeria	M. corrugata, M. macroseriata (79366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Poland	M. amedei (68374 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Azerbaijan	Thamnoseris amedei (78419)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Romania	M. edwardsi (35185) M. edwardsi, M. amedei (35199)
Middle Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	France	M. sp. (11084 11085)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 152.1	Georgia	Thamnoseris amedei (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 152.1	Slovenia	M. amedei (68651 68668) M. corrugata, M. amedei (68654 68684)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 152.1	Georgia (South Ossetia)	Thamnoseris amedei (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 152.1	Russian Federation	Thamnoseris amedei (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 152.1	Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya)	Thamnoseris amedei (89995)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Portugal	Latimaeandraraea cylindrica (68787 68809)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Spain	M. amedei (34611 34613) M. edwardsi (34624 34625)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Romania	M. edwardsi, M. amedei (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Poland	M. amedei (68369 68370)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Poland	M. amedei (21268)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Tanzania	M. sp., M. oolitotithonica (34863)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Portugal	M. bonanomii (68239)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Tanzania	M. oolitotithonica, M. sp. A (35461)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	M. tuberosa (34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Czech Republic	Thamnoseris amedei (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	Austria	M. corrugata (192211 192215)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian	145.0 - 136.4	Spain	M. edwardsi (69144)
Late/Upper Hauterivian	136.4 - 130.0	Japan (Miyagi)	Meandraraea mabutii (91349)
Hauterivian	132.9 - 129.4	Georgia	M. edwardsi (67510)
Early/Lower Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	France	Meandraraea sp. (65201 65202)
Late/Upper Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	France	Meandraraea sp. (65199)
Barremian	129.4 - 125.0	Poland	M. lotharinga (67123)
Barremian	129.4 - 125.0	Venezuela	M. cariacoensis (90544)
Barremian	129.4 - 125.0	Mexico (Puebla)	Meandraraea sauteri, Meandraraea steini, Meandraraea tulae (89865)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian	129.4 - 122.46	Serbia and Montenegro	Meandraraea meandroides (74793) M. lotharinga (74794 74797)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian	129.4 - 122.46	Mexico	M. meandroides (21253)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	China (Xizang)	Latimaeandraraea felixi (74258)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	125.0 - 109.0	Spain	Meandraraea meandriformis (74893) M. sp. (74894)
Aptian - Albian	125.0 - 100.5	China (Xizang)	M. lotharinga (74266)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Japan (Iwate)	Thamnasteria contorta (91322 91324 91328) Thamnasteria hideshimaensis (91323 91327)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Mexico (Sonora)	M. lotharinga, Meandraraea meandroides (35101)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Venezuela (State of Sucre)	M. cariacoensis, M. plummeri (78595)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Venezuela (State of Anzoátegui)	M. plummeri (78623)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Japan (Iwate)	Thamnasteria contorta (91330)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian	122.46 - 100.5	Iran	M. meandroides (31651)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Mexico (Michoacan)	M. sauteri (89844 89846)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Greece	Meandraraea mabutii (60375)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Romania	Meandraraea meandriformis (69202) M. sp., Meandraraea sp. (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	France	Meandraraea meandroides (64081 116615)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Mexico (Oaxaca)	M. montezumae (79463)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Spain	Meandraraea meandroides (56935)
Early/Lower Albian	112.03 - 109.0	Mexico	Meandraraea meandroides, M. lotharinga (21254)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	Meandraraea meandroides (94265)
Turonian - Campanian	93.9 - 72.1	Georgia	Latimaeandraraea concentrica (91628)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Bulgaria	Uxacalcaraea heberti, Uxacalcaraea uxacalcensis (67575)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Mexico	M. oceani (138913)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica	M. oceani (27656)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands (Limburg)	Fungiastraea textilis (85268) Fungiastraea textilis, Fungiastraea velamentosa (85273) Fungiastraea textilis, Fungiastraea velamentosa, M. gyrosa (85272) Fungiastraea velamentosa (85271)