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Epismiliopsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae

Taxonomy
Epismiliopsis was named by Alloiteau (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: J l Sepkoski's reference number: 846]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zardinophyllidae by Beauvais (1986); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Epismiliopsis Alloiteau
1986Epismiliopsis Beauvais
2002Epismiliopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyZardinophyllidaeMontanaro-Gallitelli 1975
genusEpismiliopsisAlloiteau 1952

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. †Epismiliopsis Alloiteau 1952
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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 Sinemurian to the top of the Bajocian or 199.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) E. densserrae (53782)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile E. sp. (58545)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Morocco E. paraeudesi (225811 225814 225815)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco E. liasica, E. sp. (33573)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia E. sp. (48112 48136)