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Latiphyllia dimorphastreoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Latiphyllia dimorphastreoides was named by Geyer (1955). It is not extant. Its type locality is Tichau, Stramberk, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Czech Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. ragaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Latiphyllia dimorphastreoides Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDiplocteniopsidaeZlatarski 1968
genusLatiphylliaFromentel 1861
speciesdimorphastreoides

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: 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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Latiphyllia dimorphastreoides (36538 type locality: 36539)