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Archaeosmiliopsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae

Taxonomy
Archaeosmiliopsis was named by Melnikova (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett J Sine Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant. Its type is Archaeosmiliopsis densus.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zardinophyllidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species
A. densus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Archaeosmiliopsis Melnikova
2002Archaeosmiliopsis Sepkoski
2003Archaeosmiliopsis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyZardinophyllidaeMontanaro-Gallitelli 1975
genusArchaeosmiliopsis

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. †Archaeosmiliopsis Melnikova 1975
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Archaeosmiliopsis densus Melnikova 1975
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 Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 201.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Tajikistan A. densus (67014 151314)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia A. densus (87253)