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Mycetophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Mussidae by Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005); and to Mussinae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Mycetophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Mycetophyllia Veron p. 72
2002Mycetophyllia Sepkoski
2005Mycetophyllia López-Pérez p. 83
2012Mycetophyllia Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusMycetophylliaMilne-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. Mycetophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Mycetophyllia danaana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica M. multistellata (27654)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica M. multistellata (27650 27656)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary Cyathoseris multistellata (123836 123843)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Chiapas) M. bullbrooki (85745)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy Thamnasteria adscita (86953)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Türkiye (Denizli) M. sp. (85566)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) M. bullbrooki (31271)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Türkiye (Denizli) M. mirabilis (88771 88772)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Türkiye M. mirabilis (111678)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama M. bullbrooki (60261 60262 60264)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia M. sp. (108810)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago M. bullbrooki (27585 27586)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama M. danaana (120362 120392)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica M. danaana (198247)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica M. lamarckiana, M. reesi (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica M. lamarckiana, M. ferox (71415)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama M. bullbrooki (120214) M. danaana (73630 120201 120218 120219) M. danaana, M. ferox (73632) M. ferox (73627 120197) M. lamarckiana (120202) M. lamarckiana, M. ferox (120354)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica M. aliciae (71738) M. aliciae, M. ferox, M. reesi (71722) M. danaana (71740 71753 71758) M. danaana, M. ferox (71730 73617) M. danaana, M. ferox, M. reesi (71777) M. danaana, M. reesi (71732 71764) M. ferox (73618 73619 73625) M. lamarckiana, M. danaana (71745) M. lamarckiana, M. danaana, M. ferox (73621) M. lamarckiana, M. danaana, M. reesi (71725) M. lamarckiana, M. reesi (71776) M. reesi (71723 71726 71733 71736 71748 71749 71763 71770) M. sp. (71759 71778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica M. lamarckiana, M. danaana (34542)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic M. lamarckana (75422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas M. lamarckiana (88952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. lamarckiana (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) M. sp. (103518 103519 103520 103522 103524 103525 103526 103527 103528 103534 103535 103724 103725 103727 103728)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) M. lamarckiana, M. ferox (82858)