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Chevalierismilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Parasmiliidae

Taxonomy
Chevalierismilia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Chevalierismilia lucerami.

It was assigned to Parasmiliidae by Barta-Calmus (1973); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. lucerami (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Chevalierismilia Barta-Calmus
2002Chevalierismilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyParasmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusChevalierismilia

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.

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Chevalierismilia lucerami Barta-Calmus 1973
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: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71France (Alpes-Maritimes) C. lucerami (157540)