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Tortoflabellum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Tortoflabellum was named by Squires (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. Its type is Tortoflabellum flemingi.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Tortoflabellum Squires
2002Parnassomeandra Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni
2002Tortoflabellum Sepkoski
2006Tortoflabellum Baron-Szabo p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyEuphylliinaeAlloiteau
genusTortoflabellum

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. †Tortoflabellum Squires 1958
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Tortoflabellum compressum Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Tortoflabellum diacantoniae Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
Tortoflabellum elatum Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Tortoflabellum flemingi Squires 1958
Tortoflabellum marwicki Squires 1962
Invalid names: Parnassomeandra Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 [synonym]
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: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Waiauan or 105.30000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Parnassomeandra diacantoniae (74811)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt T. sp. (150677)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. sp. (140110 140111 140114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Parnassomeandra steuberi (204527 204528 204531)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. sp. (150614 150875)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. sp. (140233 140235 161467)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica T. marwicki (27650)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy T. elatum, T. compressum (70450)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand T. flemingi (89136)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) T. marwicki (85535)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand T. flemingi (89125)
Tongaporutuan11.608 - 6.5New Zealand T. flemingi (89047)