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Aulosmilia cuneiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Placosmilia cuneiformis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849).

It was recombined as Aulosmilia cuneiformis by Turnsek (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Placosmilia cuneiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1984Flabellum pugaensis Pal et al.
1997Aulosmilia cuneiformis Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAulosmiliaAlloiteau 1952
speciescuneiformis(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)

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.

†Aulosmilia cuneiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Invalid names: Flabellum pugaensis Pal et al. 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 07:49:57
Modified: 2008-02-06 09:49:57
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 93.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Styria) Aulosmilia cuneiformis (25481 25482)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Aulosmilia cuneiformis (24265)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Armenia Aulosmilia cuneiformis (86692)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia Aulosmilia cuneiformis (68736 68737)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Upper Austria) Aulosmilia cuneiformis (161587)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Flabellum pugaensis (87602)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia Aulosmilia cuneiformis (184844)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Aulosmilia compressa (67009)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Aulosmilia cuneiformis (27653)