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Elasmophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy

Elasmophyllia was named by d'Achiardi (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: K Nc T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2,806].

It was assigned to Placosmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Species

E. andreaei, E. deformis, E. gigantea, E. milchi

Synonyms

Dordonophyllia was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Elasmophyllia by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1875	Elasmophyllia d'Achiardi
1956	Elasmophyllia Wells
1957	Dordonophyllia Alloiteau
2002	Dordonophyllia Sepkoski
2002	Elasmophyllia Sepkoski
2006	Elasmophyllia Baron-Szabo p. 55

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Montlivaltiidae	Dietrich 1926
genus	Elasmophyllia	d'Achiardi 1875

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. †Elasmophyllia d'Achiardi 1875

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†Elasmophyllia andreaei Volz 1986

†Elasmophyllia deformis Reuss 1854

†Elasmophyllia gigantea d'Achiardi 1875

†Elasmophyllia milchi Volz 1896

Invalid names: Dordonophyllia Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-05 11:59:19

Modified:

2008-02-05 13:59:19

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 242.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Longobardian	242.0 - 235.0	China (Guizhou)	E. milchi (78652)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Pakistan	E. deformis (146037)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Greece	E. sp. (203930)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	86.3 - 70.6	Croatia	E. deformis (11410)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Japan (Ryukyu)	E. sp. (41593)