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Stephanophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae

Taxonomy
Stephanophyllia was named by Michelin (1841) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Micrabaciidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Stephanophyllia Michelin
1956Stephanophyllia Wells
2002Stephanophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyMicrabaciidaeVaughan 1905
genusStephanophylliaMichelin 1841

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. Stephanophyllia Michelin 1841
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†Stephanophyllia cribraria Stephenson 1916
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Invalid names: Stephanophyllia regularis Traub 1938 [synonym]
†Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin 1841
†Stephanophyllia implexa Dennant 1899
†Stephanophyllia indica Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Stephanophyllia intermedia Hassan and Salama 1970 [synonym]
†Stephanophyllia lanquinei Alloiteau 1936
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Invalid names: Micrabacia wellsi Eliasova 1997 [synonym]
†Stephanophyllia michelini Lonsdale 1850
†Stephanophyllia nysti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:50:11
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:50:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Austria S. plattenwaldensis (193916)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35108 35136 35149 35162 35166)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35104)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35161)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35146)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35103)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35142)
Middle Coniacian - Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Czech Republic Micrabacia wellsi (35154)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Mississippi) Micrabacia cribraria (87722)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Micrabacia cribraria (88229)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Micrabacia cribraria (123474) S. bowerbankii, Micrabacia cribraria (87677)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Micrabacia cribraria (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Madagascar (Toliara) S. lanquinei (86519)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Micrabacia cribraria (87706)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) Micrabacia rotatilis (77069)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt S. intermedia (87218)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) S. regularis (84335)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) S. indica (11289)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) S. californica (78721 78722 122339) S. californica, S. vacavillensis (78723 201621)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) S. californica (122338)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) S. implexa (122348)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Netherlands S. sp. (124090 124092)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France S. sp. (163836)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary S. elegans (124379 124381) S. imperialis (124410 124421 124425) S. sp. (124417) S. sp., S. elegans (124378)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. imperialis (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. imperialis (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. imperialis (62899 62929 62944)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy S. imperialis (70450)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Netherlands S. nysti (123947)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany S. nysti (124096)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. imperialis (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61903 61907 62885 62886 62887 62893 62896)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Netherlands S. agaricoides, S. elegans, S. nysti (123948) S. nysti (123949)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy S. sp. (191624)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) S. elegans (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic S. imperialis (88803)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy S. elegans (70497) S. elegans, S. imperialis (70491 70496)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco S. imperialis (161320)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Taiwan S. hexaflora (89259)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan (Okinawa) S. fungulus (42178)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) S. fungulus (92647 92682 92684)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. fungulus (92589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Maldives S. sp. (189816)