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Cladophyllia stewartae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cladophyllia stewartae was named by Wells (1944). Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Cladophyllia stewartae Wells

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

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.

Cladophyllia stewartae Wells 1944
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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: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 130.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria (Lovech) Cladophyllia stewartae (91676)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) Cladophyllia stewartae (74258)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Cladophyllia stewartae (79452)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Uzbekistan Cladophyllia stewartae (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Venezuela (State of Sucre) Cladophyllia stewartae (type locality: 78595)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Cladophyllia stewartae (79464)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Cladophyllia stewartae (206415)