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Meandrophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Meandrophyllia D'Orbigny p. 9
1861Latimaeandraraea Fromentel
1944Meandrophyllia Wells
1952Michelinaraea Alloiteau
1956Michelinaraea Wells
1957Uxacalcaraea Alloiteau
1976Meandrophyllia Roniewicz
1997Meandrophyllia Turnsek
2002Meandrophyllia Baron-Szabo
2002Meandrophyllia Sepkoski
2002Michelinaraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae
genusMeandrophyllia

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 and Thurmann 1864
Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843
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Invalid names: Meandrina edwarsii Michelin 1843 [synonym]
Meandrophyllia heberti Alloiteau 1957
Meandrophyllia lotharinga Michelin 1843
Meandrophyllia macroseriata Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993
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Invalid names: Thamnasteria hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Thamnasteria contorta Eguchi 1951 [synonym]
Meandrophyllia oceani de Fromentel 1877
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 Maastrichtian or 170.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia M. sp. (13862)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland M. greppini (162373)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia M. tomesi (36667)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia M. sp. (13900)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France M. sp. (11084 11085)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) M. edwardsi (93184)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) M. edwardsi (93188)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Algeria M. corrugata, M. macroseriata (79366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Thamnoseris amedei (78419)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland M. amedei (68374 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania M. edwardsi (35185) M. edwardsi, M. amedei (35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Thamnoseris amedei (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thamnoseris amedei (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Thamnoseris amedei (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia M. amedei (68651 68668) M. corrugata, M. amedei (68654 68684)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Thamnoseris amedei (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania M. edwardsi, M. amedei (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain M. amedei (34611 34613) M. edwardsi (34624 34625)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland M. amedei (68369 68370)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Latimaeandraraea cylindrica (68787 68809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Poland M. amedei (21268)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania M. sp., M. oolitotithonica (34863)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Tanzania M. oolitotithonica, M. sp. A (35461)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. tuberosa (34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal M. bonanomii (68239)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thamnoseris amedei (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria M. corrugata (192211 192215)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain M. edwardsi (69144)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia M. edwardsi (67510)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Japan (Miyagi) Meandraraea mabutii (91349)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Venezuela M. cariacoensis (90544)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) Meandraraea sauteri, Meandraraea steini, Meandraraea tulae (89865)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland M. lotharinga (67123)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Meandraraea sp. (65201 65202)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Meandraraea sp. (65199)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Meandraraea meandroides (74793) M. lotharinga (74794 74797)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico M. meandroides (21253)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Meandraraea mabutii (60375)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Meandraraea meandroides (64081 116615)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Meandraraea meandriformis (69202) M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2, Meandraraea sp. (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Michoacan) M. sauteri (89844 89846)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) Latimaeandraraea felixi (74258)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Meandraraea meandriformis (74893) M. sp. (74894)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Xizang) M. lotharinga (74266)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Thamnasteria contorta (91322 91324 91328) Thamnasteria hideshimaensis (91323 91327)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) M. lotharinga, Meandraraea meandroides (35101)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Japan (Iwate) Thamnasteria contorta (91330)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Venezuela (State of Sucre) M. cariacoensis, M. plummeri (78595)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Venezuela (State of Anzoátegui) M. plummeri (78623)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5Iran M. meandroides (31651)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico Meandraraea meandroides, M. lotharinga (21254)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Meandraraea meandroides (56935)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) M. montezumae (79463)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Meandraraea meandroides (94265)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.2Georgia Latimaeandraraea concentrica (91628)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Bulgaria Uxacalcaraea heberti, Uxacalcaraea uxacalcensis (67575)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Fungiastraea textilis (85268) Fungiastraea textilis, Fungiastraea velamentosa (85273) Fungiastraea textilis, Fungiastraea velamentosa, M. gyrosa (85272) Fungiastraea velamentosa (85271)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico M. oceani (138913)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica M. oceani (27656)