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Myriophyllia rastellina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Taxonomy
Meandrina rastellina was named by Michelin (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Myriophyllia.

It was recombined as Dendrogyra rastellina by Étallon (1859) and Koby (1881); it was recombined as Myriophyllia rastellina by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850), Roniewicz (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Meandrina rastellina Michelin
1849Myriophyllia rastellina D'Orbigny p. 8
1850Myriophyllia rastellina d'Orbigny p. 38
1859Dendrogyra rastellina Étallon
1881Dendrogyra rastellina Koby
1976Myriophyllia rastellina Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyEugyridaeFromentel 1861
genusMyriophyllia
speciesrastellina()

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.

Myriophyllia rastellina Michelin 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Myriophyllia rastellina (93151 93152)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Myriophyllia rastellina (87801)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Myriophyllia rastellina (68202 68481)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Myriophyllia rastellina (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Myriophyllia rastellina (35190)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian157.9 - 132.6China (Xizang) Myriophyllia rastellina (61414)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Myriophyllia rastellina (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Myriophyllia rastellina (68369 68382)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Algeria Myriophyllia rastellina (85907)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Myriophyllia rastellina (68510)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Myriophyllia rastellina (133384)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Myriophyllia rastellina (36533)