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Retiophyllia norica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia norica was named by Frech (1890).

It was recombined as Retiophyllia norica by Roniewicz (1989), Prinz (1991), Stanley (1994), Caruthers and Stanley (2008) and Shepherd et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Thecosmilia norica Frech
1927Thecosmilia norica Smith p. 128 figs. Pl 111, figs 1-4
1989Retiophyllia norica Roniewicz
1991Retiophyllia norica Prinz
1994Retiophyllia norica Stanley p. 12 figs. 10.1, 10.2
2008Retiophyllia norica Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.
2012Retiophyllia norica Shepherd et al. p. 807 figs. 6.25-6.27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesnorica(Frech 1890)

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.

Retiophyllia norica Frech 1890
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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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Mexico (Sonora) Retiophyllia norica (41024)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Primorye) Retiophyllia norica (141059)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (Yukon) Retiophyllia norica (38033)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Thecosmilia norica (100391)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) Retiophyllia norica (39170 39171)
Norian228.0 - 208.5East Timor Retiophyllia norica (21180)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Retiophyllia norica (80015 97794)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran (Isfahan) Retiophyllia norica (138967)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Retiophyllia norica (24306)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Oregon) Retiophyllia norica (38063)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile Retiophyllia norica (34636)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Retiophyllia norica (82662) Thecosmilia norica (100531)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Tajikistan Retiophyllia norica (34646)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) Thecosmilia norica (33384)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovenia Retiophyllia norica (68762)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) Thecosmilia norica (100412)
Alaunian - Rhaetian215.56 - 201.3Iran (South Khorasan) Retiophyllia norica (133222)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Retiophyllia norica (34635 36869)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Retiophyllia norica (87226)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Retiophyllia norica (87224 87242)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Retiophyllia norica (36801)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Retiophyllia norica (38141 38144 38145 38146)