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Mesomorpha

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Mesomorpha was named by Pratz (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-u T Than-l Sepkoski's reference number: 796,837]. It is not extant. Its type is Porites mammillata.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Curtoseriidae by Baron-Szabo (2006); and to Thamnasteriidae by Roniewicz (1976), Beauvais (1986) and Löser (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Stylomaeandra de Fromentel
1883Mesomorpha Pratz
1911Ahrdorffia Trauth
1956Ahrdorffia Wells
1976Mesomorpha Roniewicz
1986Mesomorpha Beauvais
2002Stylomaeandra Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni p. 58
2002Ahrdorffia Sepkoski
2002Mesomorpha Sepkoski
2006Mesomorpha Baron-Szabo p. 66
2010Mesomorpha Löser p. 587

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusMesomorphaPratz 1883

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. †Mesomorpha Pratz 1883
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†Mesomorpha andrusovi Kuzmicheva 1975
†Mesomorpha bussoni Beauvais 1966
†Mesomorpha chaetetoides Trauth 1911
†Mesomorpha dubia Koby 1888
†Mesomorpha duncani Vaughan 1900
†Mesomorpha excavata d'Orbigny 1850
†Mesomorpha magna Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993
†Mesomorpha mammillata Reuss 1854
†Mesomorpha minima Löser 1989
†Mesomorpha newpassensis Roniewicz and Stanley 1998
†Mesomorpha pesudomammosa Beauvais 1972
†Mesomorpha pseudomammosa Beauvais 1972
†Mesomorpha punctata de Fromentel 1857
†Mesomorpha pyanovskae Kuzmicheva 1970
†Mesomorpha simionescui Roniewicz 1976
†Mesomorpha urgonensis Koby 1898
†Mesomorpha vaughani Wells 1932
Invalid names: Ahrdorffia Trauth 1911 [synonym], Stylomaeandra de Fromentel 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Chattian or 242.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0USA (Nevada) M. newpassensis (150772)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco M. gracilis, M. pseudomammosa (33573)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) M. bussoni (38191)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) M. pesudomammosa (85965)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) M. pseudomammosa (38159)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia M. bussoni (36665)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland M. dubia (85959)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Algeria M. magna (79372)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (11084 11085)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Azerbaijan Microsolena dubia (78475)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain M. simionescui (34611 34624)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania M. simionescui (35201)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Spain Thamnasteria lobata (69144)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) M. simionescui (87079)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary M. ornata (25151)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) M. ornata (84811)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Serbia and Montenegro M. sablensis (79217)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Spain M. sp. (56707)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia M. punctata (67512)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria (Lovech) M. punctata (91677)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Thamnasteria punctata (78700 91684 91686)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France M. ornata (64066)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Germany Ahrdorffia ornata (221479)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) M. urgonensis (75576 177726)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) M. ornata (64072)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46France M. ornata (64074)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Azerbaijan Thamnasteria punctata (78699)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Ahrdorffia punctata (67122) Ahrdorffia punctata, Ahrdorffia excavata (67123)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro M. excavata (74793)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Thamnastraea urgonensis (76998)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Romania Ahrdorffia sp. (221640)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Ahrdorffia sp., Stylomaeandra sp. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain M. mammillata (132351 132379) M. vaughani (82691 82693)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Uzbekistan M. pyanovskae (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) M. ornata (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland M. ornata (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania M. ornata (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Ahrdorffia ornata (221477) M. ornata (50421)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Austria Ahrdorffia ornata (221478)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France M. ornata (64069 64081 64083)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Stylomaeandra sp. (74811)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Centrastrea vaughani (74763 74764) M. excavata (84749)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. excavata (94265)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Czech Republic M. chaetetoides (67562)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) M. minima (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany M. minima (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic M. minima (34737 35138)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. minima (35144)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria M. mammillata (27296)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain M. mammillata (67610)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri (67084)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman M. mammillata (206407)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) M. andrusovi (77069)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Spain M. sp. (68902)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) M. duncani (87802)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) M. balli (11289)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia M. sp. (79296)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain M. hemispherica, M. forojuliensis (34481)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Georgia) M. sp. (71115)