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Leptoria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Leptoria was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Faviidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Leptoria Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Leptoria Veron p. 202
2002Leptoria Sepkoski
2014Leptoria Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusLeptoriaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Leptoria Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Leptoria angigyra Reuss 1848
Leptoria bithecata Schuster 2002
Leptoria cantharelloides Wanner 1902
Leptoria cristata Dainelli 1925
Leptoria hayae Bromfield 2013
Leptoria italica d'Achiardi 1875
Leptoria laxa Budd et al. 1992
Leptoria netchensis Chevalier 1968
Leptoria patellaris Reuss 1854
Leptoria pauca Budd et al. 1992
Leptoria paucisepta Kühn 1933
Leptoria pennata Umbgrove 1924
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Leptoria gracilis Dana 1846 [synonym], Leptoria tenuis Dana 1846 [synonym], Platygyra tenuis Dana 1846 [synonym]
Leptoria reticulata Reuss 1848
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919
Leptoria traba Bromfield 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James) L. sp. (162540 162541)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt L. cantharelloides (86950)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy L. italica (227866)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain L. sp. (77000)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Austria L. angigyra, L. reticulata (124305)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea L. carnei (70667)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy L. italibrevia, L. cristata, L. italica (75454)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) L. profunda (71118)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain L. sp. (152582)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama L. laxa, L. pauca (7274)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Greece L. sp. (166722)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica L. spenceri (69724)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece L. bithecata (79603)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela L. spenceri (85345)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba L. spenceri (124701)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Italy L. sp. (155215)
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Christmas Island L. phrygia (209829 209830 209831)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica L. spenceri (69725)
Chattian - Rupelian28.1 - 28.1Greece L. sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece L. sp., L. bithecata (79641)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy L. anceps (27540 27541 27544 27545 27546) L. sp. (25370 25371 25375)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Iran L. sp. (41076)
Chattian - Burdigalian28.1 - 15.97Somalia L. africana (71068)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Iran L. sp. (79647)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Kerman) L. paucisepta (87117)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) L. n. sp. B, L. traba (124821 124824)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Fiji L. n. sp. A, L. hayae (124834 124835)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji L. sp. A (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Platygyra phrygia (45343 45344)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Platygyra phrygia (109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Maluku) L. pennata (127843)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia L. phrygia (216100)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea L. phrygia (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Java) L. selenkae (34722 62862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia L. selenkae (71079)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. phrygia (80954)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Timor) L. sp. (62863)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Platygyra gracilis (62798) Platygyra phrygia (62807)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan L. phrygia (34877 34879) L. sp., L. tenuis, L. phrygia (34878)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Platygyra phrygia (45335)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Taiwan L. gracilis (63142)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Platygyra phrygia, Platygyra tenuis (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Platygyra phrygia (124789 124790)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) L. phrygia (85092 85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan L. phrygia (87892)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. gracilis (90065) L. phrygia (90063)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) L. phrygia (234198)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) L. phrygia (63135)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan L. sp., L. tenuis, L. phrygia (63134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt L. phrygia (120129)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn L. phrygia (85104 85106)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) L. phrygia (62777)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) L. phrygia (80730 80738)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan L. phrygia (88044 88051)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia L. phrygia (97465)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan L. sp. (127201)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. phrygia (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mauritius L. phrygia (81015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) L. phrygia (109169 109173)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia L. phrygia (88958 97467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. phrygia (80955 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. netchensis (90056) L. phrygia (89435 90043 90052 90054)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) L. phrygia (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea L. phrygia (103251 103252 103253 103254 103255 103256 103265 103266 103269 103270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) L. phrygia (109102 109174)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya L. phrygia (44911) L. sp. (63164)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) L. sp. (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu L. phrygia (89166 89231)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti L. gracilis (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu L. phrygia (89441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles L. sp. (81007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles L. sp. (89247)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) L. sp. (166541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) L. sp. (97430 97435)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia L. phrygia (97470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Iran L. phrygia (165791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan L. phrygia (96956 165206) L. sp. (165426)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles L. phrygia (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam L. phrygia (97444 97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) L. phrygia (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Taiwan L. phrygia (193363)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) L. sp. (167463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius L. phrygia (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jordan L. phrygia (97661)