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Plesiosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Plesiosmilia Milaschewitsch
1956Plesiosmilia Wells
1997Plesiosmilia Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familySmilotrochiidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusPlesiosmiliaMilaschewitsch 1876

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. †Plesiosmilia Milaschewitsch 1876
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Plesiosmilia bofilli de Angelis d'Ossat 1905
Plesiosmilia gracilis Koby 1881
Plesiosmilia truncata Koby 1881
Plesiosmilia vaughani d'Ossat 1905
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Invalid names: Peplosmilia coquandi d'Ossat 1905 [synonym], Peplosmilia iberica d'Ossat 1905 [synonym], Pleurosmilia whitneyi Wells 1933 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Cenomanian or 157.90000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland P. compressa (85959) P. compressa, P. corallina (93151) P. gracilis, P. truncata (93134)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia P. compressa (68680)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Axosmilia bofilli (74793 74796)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain P. sp., Plesiosmilia indet. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Murcia) P. stutzi (154981 154983)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico P. coquandi (234721)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico P. coquandi (234740)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Axosmilia whitneyi (35097)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Pleurosmilia whitneyi (123318)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece P. vaughani (203929)