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Dendrophyllia oldroydi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophyllia oldroydi was named by Faustino (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Pedro, offshore, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Dendrophyllia oldroydi Faustino p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDendrophylliaBlainville 1830
speciesoldroydi

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.

Dendrophyllia oldroydi Faustino 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:16:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:16:51
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Dendrophyllia oldroydi (type locality: 207046)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Dendrophyllia oldroydi (122752)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (California) Dendrophyllia oldroydi (36867)