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Dendrophyllia californiana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophyllia californiana was named by Nomland (1917). It is not extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Dendrophyllia californiana Nomland
1918Dendrophyllia californiana Clark p. 194

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

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.

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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: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Dendrophyllia californiana (type locality: 122273)