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Phyllosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Phyllosmilia was named by Fromentel (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo T Eo]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meandrininae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Species
P. aegiale, P. didymophila, P. felixi, P. reussi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. basochesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Phyllosmilia Fromentel
2002Phyllosmilia Sepkoski
2006Phyllosmilia Baron-Szabo p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPhyllosmiliaFromentel 1862

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. †Phyllosmilia Fromentel 1862
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†Phyllosmilia aegiale Felix 1903
†Phyllosmilia felixi Beauvais 1982
†Phyllosmilia reussi Beauvais 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:29:12
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:29:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece P. basochesi (203930)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia P. aegiale (91629)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Styria) P. aegiale (25482) P. didymophila, P. aegiale (25481)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria P. didymophila (74895 74905)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France P. sp. (67011)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Croatia P. sp. (91739)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain P. didymophila, P. aegiale, P. felixi (67084)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Greece P. aegiale (64308)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Aulosmilia cuneiformis (67010)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Romania P. sp. (155181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Oman P. transiens (67455)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates P. sp., P. reussi (67456)