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Margarosmilia zieteni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Montlivaultia zieteni was named by Klipstein (1843). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Margarosmilia zieteni by Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Montlivaultia zieteni Klipstein
1994Margarosmilia zieteni Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusMargarosmiliaVolz 1896
specieszieteni(Klipstein 1843)

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.

Margarosmilia zieteni Klipstein 1843
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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 2003, Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Tuvalian or 235.00000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Margarosmilia zieteni (66930)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Margarosmilia zieteni (38160 38161 38162 38163 38166 155179)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Margarosmilia zieteni (70797)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5China (Xizang) Margarosmilia zieteni (85519)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Tibet) Margarosmilia zieteni (232838)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Margarosmilia zieteni (34691)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Margarosmilia zieteni (36536 36558 36559 36560 68751 195833)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Greece Margarosmilia zieteni (38018)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Margarosmilia zieteni (24306)