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Sinuosiphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandriidae

Taxonomy
Sinuosiphyllia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meandriidae by Kiessling (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sinuosiphyllia Sepkoski
2008Sinuosiphyllia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familyMeandriidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusSinuosiphyllia

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.

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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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain S. macrogyra (34480 34481)