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Siderosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Siderosmilia was named by Beauvais (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-u Sepkoski's reference number: 682]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Siderastraeidae by Beauvais (1986); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Siderosmilia Beauvais
2002Siderosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderosmilia

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. †Siderosmilia Beauvais 1986
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Siderosmilia perithecata Turnsek and Kosir 2000
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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 201.30000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Morocco S. septanectens (33568)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia S. perithecata (87253)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Morocco S. toarciensis (33613)