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Gyrosmilia
Taxonomy
Gyrosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). It is extant.
It was assigned to Eusmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Meandrinidae by Veron (2000); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Eusmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Meandrinidae by Veron (2000); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Gyrosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1956 | Gyrosmilia Wells |
| 2000 | Gyrosmilia Veron |
| 2012 | Gyrosmilia Budd et al. |
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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. Gyrosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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†Gyrosmilia diadema Umbgrove 1950
Gyrosmilia interrupta Ehrenberg 1834
†Gyrosmilia varettiensis Chevalier 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Italy | G. varettiensis (70450) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | G. diadema (42739) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Kenya | G. sp. (44905) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Egypt (Sinai) | G. interrupta (109250 109437 109439 109448) | |
| Holocene | Israel | G. sp. (97662) |