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Omphalophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Conophyllidae

Taxonomy
Omphalophyllia was named by Laube (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Sepkoski's reference number: 919,920]. Its type is Montlivaltia gracilis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Conophyllia by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Conophyllidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Omphalophyllia Laube p. 31
1997Omphalophyllia Turnsek
2002Omphalophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderArchaeofungiinaAlloiteau 1952
familyConophyllidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOmphalophyllia

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. †Omphalophyllia Laube 1865
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Omphalophyllia boletiformis Münster 1841
Omphalophyllia gracilis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Montlivaltia granulosa Münster 1841 [synonym], Montlivaltia rugosa Münster 1841 [synonym]
Omphalophyllia pygmaea Münster 1841
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 Ladinian to the top of the Sevatian or 242.00000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany O. sp. (67652)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovenia O. recondita (36534)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Slovenia O. bittneri (36528)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy O. boletiformis (38165) O. radiciformis, O. recondita, O. laubei, O. granulosa, O. boletiformis (38160) O. recondita, O. boletiformis (38161) O. recondita, O. granulosa, O. boletiformis (38166) O. zitteli (38163) O. zitteli, O. bittneri, O. boletiformis (38162)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3China O. gracilia (161883)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia O. boletiformes, O. radiciformes (36558) O. radiciformis (68752) O. zitteli (36560)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Montlivaltia boletiforme, Montlivaltia gracilis, Montlivaltia granulosa, Montlivaltia rugosa, Montlivaltia pygmaea (137429) O. granulosa (38164) O. recondita, O. radiciformis, O. zitteli, O. bittneri, O. boletiformis (34691) O. sp. (69649) Rhabdophyllia recondita (69675)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Austria (Tyrol) O. boletiformis (203207)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) O. zitteli (36516)