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Cheilosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy

Cheilosmilia was named by Koby (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-l J Kimm]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Roniewicz (1976); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

C. cornuta, C. emarginata, C. kobyi, C. microstoma, C. rugosa, C. strambergensis, Sclerosmilia bathonica

Synonyms

Lingulosmilia was named by Koby (1888) [designation by Geyer (1955)]. Its type is Lingulosmilia cornuta.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cheilosmilia by Eliasova (1975).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Koby (1888).
Sclerosmilia was named by Koby (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo J Tith].

It was synonymized subjectively with Cheilosmilia by Lathuliere (2014).

It was assigned to Amphiastreidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1888	Cheilosmilia Koby
1888	Lingulosmilia Koby
1888	Sclerosmilia Koby
1956	Sclerosmilia Wells
1976	Cheilosmilia Roniewicz
2002	Cheilosmilia Sepkoski
2002	Sclerosmilia Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Pachythecaliina	Eliasova 1976
family	Amphiastreidae	Ogilvie 1896
genus	Cheilosmilia	Koby 1888

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. †Cheilosmilia Koby 1888

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†Cheilosmilia cornuta Koby 1888

†Cheilosmilia emarginata Koby 1888

†Cheilosmilia kobyi Beauvais 1963

†Cheilosmilia microstoma Koby 1888

†Cheilosmilia rugosa Koby 1888

†Cheilosmilia strambergensis Ogilvie 1897

Invalid names: Lingulosmilia Koby 1888 [synonym], Sclerosmilia Koby 1888 [synonym]

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 Albian or 161.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	Switzerland	C. emarginata, C. rugosa, C. kobyi, C. microstoma, C. cornuta (85959)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Algeria	C. microstoma (79366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	France	C. sp. (68075)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 150.8	Portugal	C. emarginata (68588)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Portugal	C. emarginata (68602)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Portugal	Lingulosmilia emarginata (34662)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Romania	C. rugosa (35201)
Late/Upper Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Czech Republic	Lingulosmilia strambergensis (36537) Lingulosmilia vermicularis, Lingulosmilia strambergensis (36533)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Spain	C. rugosa (56935)