Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Cladophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cladophyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo K Albi Sepkoski's reference number: 806]. It is not extant. Its type is Lithodendron dichotomum. It is the type genus of Cladophylliidae.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Stylinidae by Götz et al. (2005), Löser (2010); and to Cladophylliidae by Morycowa and Roniewicz (1990), Baron-Szabo (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cladophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1888Schizosmilia Koby
1976Schizosmilia Roniewicz
1990Cladophyllia Morycowa and Roniewicz
1991Schizosmilia Prinz
2002Cladophyllia Sepkoski
2002Schizosmilia Sepkoski
2005Cladophyllia Götz et al.
2010Cladophyllia Löser p. 600
2021Cladophyllia Baron-Szabo

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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. †Cladophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
show all | hide all
†Cladophyllia articulata Michelin 1843
†Cladophyllia babeana d'Orbigny 1850
†Cladophyllia babeauana d'Orbigny 1850
†Cladophyllia choffati Koby 1884
†Cladophyllia clemencia de Fromentel 1857
†Cladophyllia conybearei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Cladophyllia conybearii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Cladophyllia crenata Blanckenhorn 1890
†Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826
†Cladophyllia dresnayi Beauvais 1986
†Cladophyllia excelsa Koby 1888
†Cladophyllia funiculus Michelin 1843
†Cladophyllia furcata Étallon 1859
†Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888
†Cladophyllia gracilis d'Orbigny 1850
†Cladophyllia humberti Étallon 1859
†Cladophyllia laevis de Blainville 1830
†Cladophyllia minor Beauvais 1975
†Cladophyllia morondavensis Alloiteau 1958
†Cladophyllia organisans d'Orbigny 1850
+
Invalid names: Cladophyllia mexicana Baron-Szabo and González-León 1999 [synonym], Cladophyllia miroi Felix 1891 [synonym]
†Cladophyllia picteti Étallon 1859
†Cladophyllia ramea Koby 1884
†Cladophyllia rollieri Koby 1888
†Cladophyllia skuviensis Turnsek 1981
†Cladophyllia stewartae Wells 1944
†Cladophyllia stutzi Koby 1897
†Cladophyllia suprajurensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864
†Cladophyllia tenuis Koby 1889
†Cladophyllia thailandensis Beauvais 1988
†Cladophyllia thurmanni Etallon and Thurmann 1864
Invalid names: Schizosmilia Koby 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021Colonial, phaceloid, dendroid, subfasciculate. Corallites free, fused with walls, or connected by exothecal developments. Budding extracalicular and intracalicular by septal division with succeeding dichotomic forking
of corallites. Extracalicular division results in branches standing off at an angle that is up to 90 degrees. Intracalicular-septal division usually results in densely spaced branches which may or may not be connected by their walls and exothecal developments. Symmetry radial or radiobilateral. Corallites subcircular in cross section. Calicular edge sharp. Septa nonexsert, typically arranged in 4 sectors (sensu Morycowa & Roniewicz, 1990). Septal faces with small and sharply pointed granulae. Inner edge with regular, auricular denticles. Interseptal anastomosis present.
Costae often reduced or absent. Columella monotrabecular, frequently fused with axial end of one septum.
Endotheca composed of tabulate dissepiments (corallite center) and incomplete or complete ring of large peripheral dissepiments. Wall epithecal sensu lato. Parathecal inner wall absent or present, sometimes secondarily thickened.
Upper surface of corallite tubes are smooth or wrinkled. In places where epithecal wall is absent, upper surface is striated. Trabecular centers in septa between 30 and 80 μm in diameter.
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 Julian to the top of the Selandian or 237.00000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (157 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cyathophyllum gracile (137429)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Stylosmilia dresnayi (33573)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovenia C. dresnayi (87254)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Middle Aalenian192.9 - 170.9Chile (Coquimbo) Schizosmilia sp. (221767)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Morocco C. sp. (233562)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile Schizosmilia rollieri (58561 58562)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Thailand C. thailandensis (79542)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Myanmar C. dichotoma (79543)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile (Atacama) Schizosmilia rollieri (221779 221796 221798)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Chile Schizosmilia rollieri (34632)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) C. sp. (74733)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain C. furcifera (56934)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) C. furcifera (123295 123339 123340 123356)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico C. clemencia (234724 234740) C. mexicana (21255)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Saudi Arabia C. sp. (184845)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman C. stewartae (206415)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica C. furcifera (27649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica C. furcifera (27650)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica C. furcifera (27645)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Schizosmilia sp. (7791)