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Axosmilia marcou

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurosmilia marcou was named by Etallon (1859).

It was recombined as Axosmilia marcou by Geyer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pleurosmilia marcou Etallon
1955Axosmilia marcou Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusAxosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmarcou(Etallon 1859)

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.

Axosmilia marcou Etallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2014

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Russian Federation (Adygeya) Axosmilia marcou (90019)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Axosmilia marcou (68690 68698)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Axosmilia marcou (67903 67907)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Axosmilia marcou (67940)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Axosmilia marcou (57151)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Axosmilia marcou (34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Axosmilia marcou (36533 36537)