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Axosmiliidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Axosmiliidae was named by Geyer (1955). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Montlivaltiidae by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Faviina by Turnsek (1997); and to Pachythecaliina by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Axosmiliidae Geyer
1997Axosmiliidae Turnsek
2003Axosmiliidae Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955

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.

Fm. †Axosmiliidae Geyer 1955
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G. †Axosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Axosmilia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985
†Axosmilia benoisti Koby 1906
†Axosmilia caudata Quenstedt 1881
†Axosmilia corallina Etallon 1859
†Axosmilia craginiana Wells 1933
†Axosmilia crassa Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia cylindrica Fromentel 1856
†Axosmilia excavata Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia extinctorium Michelin 1841
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Invalid names: Pleurosmilia impressa Koby 1906 [objective synonym]
†Axosmilia famosa Eliasova 1976
†Axosmilia graciosa de Fromentel 1856
†Axosmilia hayasakai Eguchi 1951
†Axosmilia hemisphaerica Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951
†Axosmilia infundibuliformis Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia irradians de Fromentel 1862
†Axosmilia kachensis Gregory 1900
†Axosmilia kobyi Angelis d'Ossat 1905
†Axosmilia marcou Etallon 1859
†Axosmilia ngariensis He and Xiao 1990
†Axosmilia pumila Koby 1888
†Axosmilia renevieri Koby 1895
†Axosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch 1876
†Axosmilia sinensis Liao and Li 1980
†Axosmilia styphelos Liao and Xia 1985
†Axosmilia turbinata Münster 1829
†Axosmilia wrighti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Invalid names: Blastosmilia Etallon 1859 [synonym], Miscellosmilia Eliasova 1976 [synonym]
G. †Axosmiliopsis Alloiteau 1957
G. †Columnaphyllia Geyer 1955
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G. †Kobyphyllia Baron-Szabo and Fernández-Mendiola 1997
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†Kobyphyllia acrisionae Felix 1903
†Kobyphyllia recta Koby 1884
†Kobyphyllia straini Turnsek et al. 2003
G. †Pleurosmilia Fromentel 1856
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†Pleurosmilia quaylei Wells 1933
†Pleurosmilia saxifisi Wells 1933
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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2014

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Campanian or 170.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41396) Axosmilia sessilis, Axosmilia kachensis (41395)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41408)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (England) Axosmilia sp. (42319) Axosmilia wrighti (77245)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Iran Axosmilia sp. (85446)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Axosmilia sessilis (41411)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) Axosmilia benoisti, Axosmilia extinctorium (85965)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Axosmilia sessilis (24050)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan Axosmilia sessilis (83637)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft) Miscellosmilia famosa (233587)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Plesiosmilia hemisphaerica (93192) Pleurosmilia irradians (93114)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Plesiosmilia excavata (93151)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Xizang) Axosmilia sinensis (85960)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Russian Federation (Adygeya) Axosmilia marcou (90019)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Columnaphyllia tithonica (41422)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Axosmilia marcou (68690 68698)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8China (Xizang) Axosmilia sessilis (80571)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Axosmilia corallina (68787 68816) Axosmilia crassa (67959 68803 68819) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina (68809) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68602) Axosmilia sp. (6011 67958 68212)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Franche-Comte) Pleurosmilia grandis, Pleurosmilia stylifera, Pleurosmilia graciosa, Pleurosmilia irradians (93083)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Axosmilia corallina (85809)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Axosmilia infundibuliformis (34613)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (34664) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia excavata (67908) Axosmilia cuneata, Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia excavata (67906) Axosmilia excavata (67905) Axosmilia infundibuliformis (67904) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (34662) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia marcou, Axosmilia excavata (67907) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia marcou (67903) Axosmilia sp. (67934 67957)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Axosmilia carrapateirensis (34666 68241) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68240) Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia marcou, Axosmilia corallina (67940) Axosmilia discoidea (68236)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68609) Axosmilia cuneata, Axosmilia sp., Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia corallina, Axosmilia carrapateirensis (68239) Axosmilia sp. (68238)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Axosmilia marcou (57151)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Japan (Kochi) Axosmilia hayasakai (91380)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Kobyphyllia recta (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Axosmilia sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Axosmilia infundibuliformis (23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal Axosmilia corallina (8604)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Axosmilia infundibuliformis (23903) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia cylindrica, Axosmilia turbinata, Axosmilia hemisphaerica, Axosmilia excavata (23904) Axosmilia sp., Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia marcou (34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia cylindrica (36544)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Axosmilia crassa (36538) Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa (36540) Axosmilia marcou (36537) Columnaphyllia tithonica, Axosmilia infundibuliformis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia marcou, Axosmilia cylindrica, Miscellosmilia famosa, Pleurosmilia pumila (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Spain Axosmilia sp. (69144)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Xizang) Axosmilia sp., Axosmilia bangoinensis (74251) Axosmilia styphelos (74248) Axosmilia styphelos, Axosmilia bangoinensis (80569)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Bulgaria Pleurosmilia sp. (151494)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian140.2 - 122.46Tanzania Plesiosmilia bofilli (85378)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) Columnaphyllia sp. (87077 87083) Columnaphyllia sp., Pleurosmilia sp. (87074) Pleurosmilia sp. (87075)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Pleurosmilia villersensis (76924)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain Miscellosmilia sp. (220703)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Axosmilia villersensis (233521)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Serbia and Montenegro Axosmilia kobyi (79217)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Axosmilia kobyi, Axosmilia villersensis (74793)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Pleurosmilia renevieri (76998)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) Axosmilia ngariensis (74258)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Axosmilia villersensis (74893)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Poland Axosmilia sp. (69199)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Pleurosmilia renevieri, Pleurosmilia hideshimaensis (91327)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Axosmilia kobyi, Axosmilia villersensis (34719)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Spain Axosmiliopsis sp., Kobyphyllia acrisionae (56934)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Pleurosmilia craginiana (123292 123309 123311 123312 123315)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (New Mexico) Sphenotrochus straini (35099)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Pleurosmilia quaylei (123318) Pleurosmilia saxifisi (123262 123263) Pleurosmilia saxifisi, Pleurosmilia quaylei (123261)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9China (Xizang) Axosmilia sp. (74284)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Kobyphyllia acrisionae (67084)