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Axosmilia excavata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Plesiosmilia excavata was named by Milaschewitsch (1876).

It was recombined as Axosmilia excavata by Geyer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Plesiosmilia excavata Milaschewitsch
1954Axosmilia excavata Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusAxosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesexcavata(Milaschewitsch 1876)

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 excavata Milaschewitsch 1876
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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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 163.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Plesiosmilia excavata (93151)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Axosmilia excavata (67905 67906 67907 67908)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Axosmilia excavata (23904)