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Cladophyllia dresnayi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Stylosmilia dresnayi was named by Beauvais (1986). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.

It was recombined as Cladophyllia dresnayi by Turnsek et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Stylosmilia dresnayi Beauvais
2003Cladophyllia dresnayi Turnsek et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesdresnayi()

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.

Cladophyllia dresnayi Beauvais 1986
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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: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia Cladophyllia dresnayi (87254)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco Stylosmilia dresnayi (type locality: 33573)