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Latiphyllia mexicana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Latiphyllia mexicana was named by Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor (2009). Its type locality is Chumbitaro, MP 13, coral reef, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Mal Paso Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Latiphyllia mexicana Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor

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

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.

Latiphyllia mexicana Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
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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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Latiphyllia mexicana (89854 type locality: 89857 89858)