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Trochosmilia stainbrooki

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Trochosmilia stainbrooki was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Three Lakes, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Kiamichi Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Rennensismilia stainbrooki by Turnsek et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Trochosmilia stainbrooki Wells
2003Rennensismilia stainbrooki Turnsek et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusTrochosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesstainbrooki

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: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Rennensismilia stainbrooki (37561)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Trochosmilia stainbrooki (type locality: 123287 123288 123289)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6USA (New Mexico) Rennensismilia stainbrooki (35097)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (New Mexico) Rennensismilia stainbrooki (35099)