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Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsosmilia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant , K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 818]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) by Gabb (1864).

It was assigned to Trochosmilia by Gabb (1864); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny
1864Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) Gabb p. 208
2002Ellipsosmilia Sepkoski
2008Ellipsosmilia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusTrochosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
subgenusEllipsosmilia(d'Orbigny 1849)

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.

Subg. †Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) d'Orbigny 1849
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Ellipsosmilia circumvelata Quenstedt 1852
Ellipsosmilia rugosa Milaschewitsch 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 150.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ellipsosmilia circumvelata (34398) Ellipsosmilia circumvelata, Ellipsosmilia rugosa (23904)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Greece Ellipsosmilia sp. (64243)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Ellipsosmilia cornucopiae (87797)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar (Antsiranana) Ellipsosmilia tetracycla (86509)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Ellipsosmilia cornucopia (73862 73863)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Ellipsosmilia sp. (11410)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Oman Ellipsosmilia sp. (67455)