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Stylosmilia michelini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Stylosmilia michelini was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is the type species of Stylosmilia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStylosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmicheliniMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 190.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Oman Stylosmilia michelini (68356)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3Thailand Stylosmilia michelini (79535)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Thailand Stylosmilia michelini (79538)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Stylosmilia michelini (93151 93152)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Stylosmilia michelini (93114 93190)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Stylosmilia michelini (93184)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Lorraine) Stylosmilia michelini (93188)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Serbia and Montenegro Stylosmilia michelini (85906)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Georgia Stylosmilia michelini (90001)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania Stylosmilia michelini (35185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Greece Stylosmilia michelini (86170)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Stylosmilia michelini (78422 78447)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Stylosmilia michelini (90000 90027)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Stylosmilia michelini (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Stylosmilia michelini (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Georgia Stylosmilia michelini (85931)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Stylosmilia michelini (68588 68589 68590 68610)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8China (Xizang) Stylosmilia michelini (80571 126874)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian161.2 - 132.9China (Xizang) Stylosmilia michelini (61414)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Stylosmilia michelini (68602 68787)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Stylosmilia michelini (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Stylosmilia michelini (34662 68594)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Stylosmilia michelini (34624 34625)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Stylosmilia michelini (62220)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Stylosmilia michelini (68609)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Stylosmilia michelini (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Stylosmilia michelini (89994)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Stylosmilia michelini (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Poland Stylosmilia michelini (64117)