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Axosmiliidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Axosmiliidae was named by Geyer (1955). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Montlivaltiidae by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Faviina by Turnsek (1997); and to Pachythecaliina by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Axosmiliidae Geyer
1997Axosmiliidae Turnsek
2003Axosmiliidae Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955

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.

Fm. †Axosmiliidae Geyer 1955
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G. †Axosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Axosmilia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985
†Axosmilia benoisti Koby 1906
†Axosmilia caudata Quenstedt 1881
†Axosmilia corallina Étallon 1859
†Axosmilia craginiana Wells 1933
†Axosmilia crassa Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia cylindrata Koby 1881
†Axosmilia cylindrica Fromentel 1856
†Axosmilia excavata Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia extinctorium Michelin 1841
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Invalid names: Pleurosmilia impressa Koby 1906 [objective synonym]
†Axosmilia graciosa de Fromentel 1856
†Axosmilia hayasakai Eguchi 1951
†Axosmilia hemisphaerica Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951
†Axosmilia infundibuliformis Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia irradians de Fromentel 1862
†Axosmilia kachensis Gregory 1900
†Axosmilia kobyi Angelis d'Ossat 1905
†Axosmilia marcou Étallon 1859
†Axosmilia multiradiata Milne Edwards and Haime 1849
†Axosmilia ngariensis He and Xiao 1990
†Axosmilia pumila Koby 1888
†Axosmilia renevieri Koby 1895
†Axosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia sinensis Liao and Li 1980
†Axosmilia styphelos Liao and Xia 1985
†Axosmilia turbinata Muenster 1829
†Axosmilia wrighti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Invalid names: Blastosmilia Étallon 1859 [synonym], Miscellosmilia Eliasova 1976 [synonym]
G. †Axosmiliopsis Alloiteau 1957
G. †Columnaphyllia Geyer 1955
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G. †Pleurosmilia Fromentel 1856
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†Pleurosmilia excavata Koby 1881
†Pleurosmilia gracilis Etallon and Thurmann 1864
†Pleurosmilia quaylei Wells 1933
†Pleurosmilia saxifisi Wells 1933
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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2014, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Cenomanian or 168.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41396) Axosmilia sessilis, Axosmilia kachensis (41395)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) Axosmilia sp. (42319) Axosmilia wrighti (77245)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41408)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) Axosmilia benoisti, Axosmilia extinctorium (85965)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Axosmilia sessilis (24050)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran Axosmilia sp. (85446)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41411)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Axosmilia sessilis (83637)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft) Miscellosmilia famosa (233587)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Columnaphyllia tithonica (41422)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Plesiosmilia excavata (93151)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Plesiosmilia hemisphaerica (93192) Pleurosmilia irradians (93114)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Xizang) Axosmilia sinensis (85960)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Adygeya) Axosmilia marcou (90019)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21China (Xizang) Axosmilia sessilis (80571)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Axosmilia marcou (68690 68698)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Axosmilia infundibuliformis (34613)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (34664) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia excavata (67908) Axosmilia cuneata, Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia excavata (67906) Axosmilia excavata (67905) Axosmilia infundibuliformis (67904) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (34662) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia marcou, Axosmilia excavata (67907) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia marcou (67903) Axosmilia sp. (67934 67957)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Franche-Comte) Pleurosmilia grandis, Pleurosmilia stylifera, Pleurosmilia graciosa, Pleurosmilia irradians (93083)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Axosmilia corallina (68787 68816) Axosmilia crassa (67959 68803 68819) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina (68809) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68602) Axosmilia sp. (6011 67958 68212)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68220)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Axosmilia corallina (85809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Axosmilia carrapateirensis (34666 68241) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68240) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia marcou, Axosmilia corallina (67940) Axosmilia discoidea (68236)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Pleurosmilia marcou, Pleurosmilia corallina, Blastosmilia fromenteli (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Axosmilia infundibuliformis (23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Axosmilia infundibuliformis (23903) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia cylindrica, Axosmilia turbinata, Axosmilia hemisphaerica, Axosmilia excavata (23904) Axosmilia sp., Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia marcou (34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Axosmilia sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Axosmilia corallina (8604)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68609) Axosmilia cuneata, Axosmilia sp., Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68239) Axosmilia sp. (68238)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Serbia (Serbia) Axosmilia marcou (57151)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) Axosmilia hayasakai (91380)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia cylindrica (36544)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Axosmilia crassa (36538) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa (36540) Axosmilia marcou (36537) Columnaphyllia tithonica, Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia marcou, Axosmilia cylindrica, Miscellosmilia famosa, Pleurosmilia pumila (36533)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6China (Xizang) Axosmilia sp., Axosmilia bangoinensis (74251) Axosmilia styphelos (74248) Axosmilia styphelos, Axosmilia bangoinensis (80569)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria Pleurosmilia sp. (151494)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Axosmilia sp. (69144)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Columnaphyllia sp. (87077 87083) Columnaphyllia sp., Pleurosmilia sp. (87074) Pleurosmilia sp. (87075)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Axosmilia villersensis (233521)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Pleurosmilia villersensis (76924)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Spain Miscellosmilia sp. (220703)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Serbia Axosmilia kobyi (79217)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Axosmilia kobyi, Axosmilia villersensis (74793)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Axosmilia kobyi, Axosmilia villersensis (34719)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) Axosmilia ngariensis (74258)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Pleurosmilia renevieri (76998)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Axosmilia villersensis (74893)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Pleurosmilia renevieri, Pleurosmilia hideshimaensis (91327)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Poland Axosmilia sp. (69199)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Axosmiliopsis sp. (56934)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) Pleurosmilia craginiana (123292 123309 123311 123312 123315)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9China (Xizang) Axosmilia sp. (74284)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Pleurosmilia quaylei (123318) Pleurosmilia saxifisi (123262 123263) Pleurosmilia saxifisi, Pleurosmilia quaylei (123261)