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Lithophyllon

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Taxonomy
Lithophyllon was named by Rehberg (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Lithophyllon Rehberg
1956Lithophyllon Wells
2002Lithophyllon Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyFungiidaeDana 1846
genusLithophyllonRehberg 1892

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. Lithophyllon Rehberg 1892
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Lithophyllon mokai Hoeksema 1989
Lithophyllon priorum Oppenheim 1901
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Invalid names: Podabacia lobata van der Horst 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-02-04 10:27:34
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:31:23
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine L. priorum (77068)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) L. priorum (86682)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran L. sp. (25258) L. spinosa (25257)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) L. mokai (71260)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania L. sp. (202214)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Fungia repanda (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Fungia repanda (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Fungia repanda (45332)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Fungia repanda (146613)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Fungia repanda (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Podabacia lobata (63138) Podabacia lobata, Podabacia vanderhorsti, Podabacia nomaensis (63137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan L. sp. (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Fungia repanda (80955 80958 80962 80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Fungia repanda (80719 93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan L. undulatum (165553 165554 165555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) L. undulatum (97528)