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Quenstedtiphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Quenstedtiphyllia was named by Melnikova (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr u Sepkoski's reference number: 658,688]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Quenstedtiphylliinae by Roniewicz and Stolarski (2001); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Quenstedtiphyllia Melnikova
2001Quenstedtiphyllia Roniewicz and Stolarski
2002Quenstedtiphyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
subfamilyQuenstedtiphylliinae
genusQuenstedtiphylliaMelnikova 1975

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. †Quenstedtiphyllia Melnikova 1975
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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: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Q. fritschi (36559)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Hexastraea fritschi (38166)