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Prosmilia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Adamanophyllidae

Taxonomy
Prosmilia was named by Koker (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 680]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Polycoeliinae by Hill (1956); to Prosmiliinae by Hill (1981); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Adamanophyllidae by Chen et al. (1997) and Chen et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Prosmilia Koker
1956Prosmilia Hill
1981Prosmilia Hill
1997Prosmilia Chen et al.
2002Prosmilia Sepkoski
2018Prosmilia Chen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyAdamanophyllidaeVasilyuk 1959
genusProsmiliaKoker 1924

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. †Prosmilia Koker 1924
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Prosmilia carinata Guo 1980
Prosmilia parallela Flügel 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Iran P. parallela (99772)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jilin) P. cyathophylloides, P. carinata (94963)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia Plerophyllum cyathophylloides (39608)