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Donacosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Donacosmilia was named by Fromentel (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 822,833].

It was assigned to Amphiastreidae by Wells (1956); to Donacosmilidae by Turnsek (1997); to Mitrodendronidae by Tuzcu and Babayigit (1998); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Donacosmilia Fromentel
1956Donacosmilia Wells
1997Donacosmilia Turnsek
1998Donacosmilia Tuzcu and Babayigit
2002Donacosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusDonacosmiliaFromentel 1861

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. †Donacosmilia Fromentel 1861
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†Donacosmilia corallina Fromentel 1861
†Donacosmilia etalloni Koby 1888
†Donacosmilia massaliensis Morycowa and Masse 1998
†Donacosmilia thurmanni Beauvais 1964
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 Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 170.30000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (42319)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland D. thurmanni (93094)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) D. corallina (87801)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Slovenia D. sp. (39809)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Xizang) D. corallina (85960)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia D. corallina (68698 68702 68704) D. etalloni (68646 68686)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Morocco (Souss-Massa-Draa) D. sp. (85540)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Turkey D. corallina (80164)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal D. corallina (68590)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland D. corallina (151579)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic D. etalloni (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy D. sp. (196864 196865)
Hauterivian - Early/Lower Aptian132.9 - 122.46China (Xizang) D. silingensis (74252)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria D. sp. (151443)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France D. massaliensis (64066)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) D. sp. (74258)