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Cymosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

Taxonomy
Cymosmilia was named by Koby (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-l J Kimm Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cymosmilia Koby
1956Cymosmilia Wells
2002Cymosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyRhipidogyridaeKoby 1905
genusCymosmiliaKoby 1894

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. †Cymosmilia Koby 1894
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Cymosmilia alchaschendaensis Bendukidze 1982
Cymosmilia tenuicaulata Gregory 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 08:39:44
Modified: 2008-01-26 10:39:44
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) C. tenuicaulata (38190)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Lophosmilia tenuicaulata (24050)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) C. alchaschendaensis (90002)