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Margarosmilia charlyana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia charlyana was named by Frech (1890). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Paradistichophyllum charlianum by Melnikova (1975); it was recombined as Margarosmilia charlyana by Stanley (1994), Turnsek (1997) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Thecosmilia charlyana Frech
1975Paradistichophyllum charlianum Melnikova
1994Margarosmilia charlyana Stanley, Jr. p. 93 figs. Pl 5, figs 6-8; text-fig 10
1997Margarosmilia charlyana Turnsek
2008Margarosmilia charlyana Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusMargarosmiliaVolz 1896
speciescharlyana(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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialg
Clonal: yesg
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 04:16:27
Modified: 2008-01-28 06:16:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Rhaetian or 221.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Primorye) Margarosmilia charlyana (141050)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Margarosmilia charlyana (144408 144410)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Margarosmilia charlyana (24306)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Slovenia Margarosmilia charliana (36565)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Tajikistan Margarosmilia charlyana (34646)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Margarosmilia charliana (82662)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Margarosmilia charlyana (87228 87231)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Margarosmilia charlyana (36692)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) Margarosmilia charlyana (100285)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Margarosmilia charlyana (38141 38144 38145 38146)