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Margarosmilia granulata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum granulatum was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Montlivaultia granulata by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Thecosmilia granulata by Cuif (1968); it was recombined as Margarosmilia granulata by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cyathophyllum granulatum Münster p. 37 figs. Pl 2, fig 24
1865Montlivaultia granulata Laube p. 30 figs. Pl 3, fig 22
1968Thecosmilia granulata Cuif
2008Margarosmilia granulata Kiessling

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

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 granulata Münster 1841
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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: Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cyathophyllum granulatum (137429) Thecosmilia granulata (34691)