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Proleptophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Proleptophyllia was named by Alloiteau (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett J l Sepkoski's reference number: 796].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Proleptophyllia Alloiteau
1986Proleptophyllia Beauvais
2002Proleptophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAcrosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusProleptophylliaAlloiteau 1951

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. †Proleptophyllia Alloiteau 1951
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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 Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 192.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco P. multiradiata, P. rejuvenescens, P. subcylindrica, P. bilobata (33573)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco P. magna (225819)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Morocco P. granulum, P. sp. (233562)