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Heterosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Heterosmilia was named by Kołodziej et al. (2012). It is extant.

It was assigned to Heterocoeniidae by Kołodziej et al. (2012).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Heterosmilia Kołodziej et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusHeterosmilia

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.

G. Heterosmilia Kołodziej et al. 2012
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Heterosmilia spinosa Kołodziej et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-16 12:54:00
Modified: 2008-02-16 14:54:00
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 130.00000 to 109.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria H. spinosa (151443)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain H. sp. (74894)