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Mitrodendron

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Mitrodendron was named by Quenstedt (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u J Tith-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Eliasova (1975); to Mitrodendronidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mitrodendron Quenstedt
1975Mitrodendron Eliasova p. 13
1997Mitrodendron Turnsek
2002Mitrodendron Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusMitrodendronQuenstedt 1880

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. †Mitrodendron Quenstedt 1880
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†Mitrodendron biennensis Beauvais and Bernier 1981
†Mitrodendron major He and Xiao 1990
†Mitrodendron mitratum Quenstedt 1858
†Mitrodendron modicum Eliasova 1975
†Mitrodendron ogilviae Geyer 1955
†Mitrodendron parnassus Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
†Mitrodendron tenuiseptum Eliasova 1975
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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Albian or 157.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Slovenia M. sp. (39809)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland M. ogilvieae (68366 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia M. ogilviae, M. modicum (85936)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia M. ogilvieae (68690 68699 68701 68702)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal M. modicum (68590)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal M. tenuiseptum (68602)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal M. ogilvieae (34662 68585)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland M. ogilvieae (68370)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France M. biennensis (68507)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland M. sp. (133400)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Japan M. sp. (34554)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Bulgaria (Pernik) M. sp. 2, M. sp. 1 (87066)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. mitratum (23904) M. sp., M. mitratum (34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic M. ogilviae, M. modicum, M. tenuiseptum (36533)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic M. ogilviae, M. tenuiseptum (31285)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria M. modicum (192223)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland M. modicum (151555)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) M. sp. 1 (87081 87086) M. sp. 2 (87088)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Cladophyllia birleyae (65201)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) M. major (74258)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France M. sp. (64076)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece M. parnassus (74811)