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Macgeopsis sonorensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Macgeopsis sonorensis was named by Beauvais and Stump (1976). Its type locality is Cerro Pozo Serna, SDSU 2309, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian coastal sandstone in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Macgeopsis sonorensis Beauvais and Stump

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocoeniinaAlloiteau 1952
familyEllipsosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1957
genusMacgeopsisAlloiteau 1957
speciessonorensis

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.

†Macgeopsis sonorensis Beauvais and Stump 1976
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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: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Mexico (Sonora) Macgeopsis sonorensis (type locality: 85573)