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Smilostyliidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilostyliidae

Taxonomy
Smilostyliidae was named by Roniewicz (1976). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Kiessling (2003).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Smilostyliidae Roniewicz
2003Smilostyliidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familySmilostyliidae
familySmilostyliidae

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.

Fm. †Smilostyliidae Roniewicz 1976
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G. †Smilostylia Roniewicz 1966
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Smilostylia alpina Koby 1884
Smilostylia bukovensis Roniewicz 1966
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: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Smilostylia bukovensis (68374 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania Smilostylia alpina (35191)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Smilostylia bukovensis (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Smilostylia alpina (35200 35201)