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Microphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Microphyllia d'Orbigny
1957Comophylliopsis Alloiteau
1957Polyseris Alloiteau
1960Plesiodiploria Alloiteau
1997Microphyllia Baron-Szabo p. 85
2000Microphyllia Pandey et al.
2002Comophylliopsis Sepkoski
2002Microphyllia Sepkoski
2002Plesiodiploria Sepkoski
2002Polyseries Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMicrophylliad'Orbigny 1849

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. †Microphyllia d'Orbigny 1849
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Microphyllia acuta Solomko 1888
Microphyllia astroides Goldfuss 1826
Microphyllia brevivallis Becker 1875
Microphyllia contorta Koby 1885
Microphyllia convergens Beauvais 1986
Microphyllia curtata Etallon 1862
Microphyllia cylindrica Ogilvie 1897
Microphyllia davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Microphyllia densecostata Sikharulidze 1979
Microphyllia elevata Roniewicz 2008
Microphyllia gagnebini Etallon 1864
Microphyllia gemina Eliasova 2004
Microphyllia gracilis Errenst 1991
Microphyllia jaspensis Prinz 1991
Microphyllia kenyensis Gregory 1930
Microphyllia labyrinthiformis Draganescu and Beauvais 1985
Microphyllia lineata Beauvais 1986
Microphyllia macropora d'Orbigny 1850
Microphyllia mvitensis Gregory 1930
Microphyllia pulchella Beauvais 1966
Microphyllia punctata Beauvais and Negus 1975
Microphyllia resanica Alloiteau and Farag 1964
Microphyllia seriata Becker 1875
Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829
Microphyllia sulcata de Fromentel 1861
Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon 1864
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Invalid names: Elysastraea sakalavensis Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859
Invalid names: Comophylliopsis Alloiteau 1957 [synonym], Plesiodiploria Alloiteau 1960 [synonym], Polyseris Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Campanian or 190.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (148 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6Chile M. sp. A (95082)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (Neuquen) M. sp. (33909)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Chile M. flemingi (58549)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile M. irregularis (34077) M. pulchella (34066)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Argentina (Neuquen) M. flemingi (10701)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3Morocco M. irregularis (33618)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Morocco M. lineata, M. convergens (33613) M. spp., M. lineata (233562)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Thailand M. macropora (79542)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Chile M. pulchella (58563)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile M. jaspensis, M. pulchella (34631) M. pulchella (34632)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France M. pulchella (38591)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Chile M. jaspensis, M. pulchella (58739) M. pulchella (58740)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Switzerland M. pulchella (86614) M. sp. (162347)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France M. sp. (34714)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) M. labyrinthiformis (38191)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Toliara) M. madagascariensis (86407)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Tanzania M. kenyensis (85938) M. mvitensis (85945)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) M. contorta (41416)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toliara) M. davidsoni (86495)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) M. sp., M. punctata (38159)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Elysastraea sakalavensis (86479) M. madagascariensis (86481)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan M. resanica (83639)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Chile M. sp. B (58441)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) M. contorta (41417)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Centre) M. curtata (93124)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile M. sp. (58772)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Lorraine) M. curtata (93188)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland M. curtata (85959)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) M. curtata (93095)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) M. sp. (93190) M. sp., M. soemmeringii, Brachyseris contorta, M. sulcata (93114)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Slovenia M. sp. (39809)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany M. sp. (21257)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia M. brevivallis, M. soemmeringii (28058)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland M. macropora (68371 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia M. brevivallis (94324)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (68075)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) M. seriata (23919)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Isastrea thurmanni (78421)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) M. brevivallis (23917)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) M. contorta (41422 41423) M. gagnebini (41425)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) M. thurmanni, M. brevivallis (31435 98352)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (11084 11085 63923)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany M. sp. (31433)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (220991 220997)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia M. soemmeringii (28061)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia M. humilis (85936)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia M. undans (68690 68702)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) M. macropora (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal M. undans (68589 68590)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Lower Saxony) M. brevivallis (23929)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal M. contorta (68809) M. undans (68608)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) M. sp., M. undans (68220)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland M. macropora (68369)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain M. sp., M. gagnebini, M. gracilis (34611)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania M. sp. (35200)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal M. davidsoni (67935) M. undans, M. davidsoni (67908)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany M. sp. (211294)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France M. contorta, M. undans (68510)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal M. davidsoni (68239)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Bulgaria (Pernik) M. elevata (87062)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Georgia M. undans (85933)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic M. sp. (68783)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ukraine M. sp. (62370)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Bulgaria (Pernik) M. elevata (87066)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) M. brevivallis, M. seriata, M. soemmeringii, M. astroides (23887) M. soemmeringii (23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Lebanon Latimaeandra sulcata (34869)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany M. sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. brevivallis, M. seriata, M. soemmeringii, M. astroides (23904) M. soemmeringii (23903) M. sp., M. seriata, M. soemmeringii, M. astroides (34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Isastrea thurmanni, Latimaeandra brevivallis (89994)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy M. sp. (196865)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic M. thurmanni, M. cylindrica, M. undans, M. davidsoni (36533) M. undans (36538)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Spain M. undans (69144)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Bulgaria M. sp. (151494)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Slovenia M. undans (76919)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) M. densecostata, M. elevata (87074) M. elevata (87070 87071 87072 87077 87078 87080 87081 87083 87086)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary M. undans (25151)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine M. duboisi (77086)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan M. undans (2260 2261 2262 2264)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan (Turkoman Republic) M. undans (2263)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) M. gemina (116611)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia M. undans (67512)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria M. gemina (221476)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Ukraine M. sp. (67457)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland M. sp. (64118) M. sp., M. thurmanni, M. undans, M. acuta (67122) M. sp., M. undans, M. acuta (67123)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Tanzania Brachyseris brevipes (85347)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) M. densecostata (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany M. densecostata (25535)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France M. meandrinoides (64076) M. sp. 2, M. meandrinoides (116615)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece M. densecostata (34719) M. sp. 1 (60374) M. sp. 2, M. sp. (60375)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania M. sp. (69202)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Georgia M. sp., M. densecostata, M. undans (85425) M. undans (85430)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico M. densecostata (21254)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) M. maeandrinoides (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic M. meandrinoides (34737 35113 35137) M. sp. (35141) M. sp., M. meandrinoides, M. gemina (35138)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany M. oldhamiana (160830)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. meandrinoides (35156 35157) M. sp., M. meandrinoides (35144)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. meandrinoides (35107 35143)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain M. maeandrinoides (67084)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Comophylliopsis turbinata (67575)