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Meandrinidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Meandrinidae Gray
1956Meandrinidae Wells

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

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. Meandrinidae Gray 1847
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G. Dichocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Dichocoenia aenigma Budd et al. 1992
Dichocoenia alabamensis Vaughan 1900
Dichocoenia anomalos Wells 1934
Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord 1974
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Dichocoenia stellaris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863
Invalid names: Favioseris Wells 1934 [synonym]
Subfm. †Dichocoeniinae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. Dendrogyra Ehrenberg 1834
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Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg 1834
Dendrogyra incerta Chevalier 1961
Invalid names: Gyrophyllia D'Orbigny 1849 [synonym]
G. †Scalariogyra Gerth 1923
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Subfm. †Euphylliinae Alloiteau
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G. †Bathycoenia Tomes 1883
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Bathycoenia slatteri Tomes 1883
Bathycoenia statten Tomes 1883
Bathycoenia statteri Tomes 1883
Invalid names: Scyphocoenia Tomes 1884 [synonym]
G. †Rennensismilia Alloiteau 1952
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Rennensismilia complanata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Rennensismilia dumortieri Haime 1854 [synonym], Smilotrochus blanfordi Duncan 1880 [synonym], Trochosmilia didyma de Fromentel 1863 [synonym], Trochosmilia medlicotti Duncan 1880 [synonym], Trochosmilia raymondi Wells 1934 [synonym]
Rennensismilia flabellum de Fromentel 1863
Rennensismilia inflexa Reuss 1854
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Invalid names: Trochosmilia chondrophora Felix 1903 [synonym]
Invalid names: Meandrosmilia Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
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]
G. Eusmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Eusmilia bainbridgensis Durham 1942
Eusmilia carrizensis Vaughan 1917
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766
G. Meandrina Lamarck 1801
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Meandrina africana Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Meandrina alahuelensis Budd et al. 1992
Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Meandrina filograna Esper 1791
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Maeandra Oken 1815 [synonym]
Subfm. †Meandrininae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. †Aulosmilia Alloiteau 1952
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Aulosmilia archiaci de Fromentel 1862
Aulosmilia aspera Sowerby 1832
Aulosmilia cuneiformes Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Aulosmilia cuneiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Invalid names: Flabellum pugaensis Pal et al. 1984 [synonym]
G. †Diploctenium Goldfuss 1827
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Diploctenium affine Felix 1903
Diploctenium arnaudi Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium corbariensis Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss 1827
Diploctenium crassicostatum Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium cureti Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium enigma Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium epagnacensis Alloiteau 1952
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Invalid names: Diploctenium pavoninum Reuss 1854 [synonym]
Diploctenium gracile de Fromentel 1862
Diploctenium jacobi Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium lamellosum d'Orbigny 1850
Diploctenium lunatum Bruguiere 1792
Diploctenium lutaudi Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium matheroni Michelin 1847
Diploctenium mixtum Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium parvum Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium petrocoriensis Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium plumum Goldfuss 1827
Diploctenium provincialis Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium simplex Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium subcirculare Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Diploctenium toucasi Alloiteau 1952
Diploctenium uxacalcensis Alloiteau 1952
G. †Flabellosmilia Oppenheim 1930
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Invalid names: Flabellosmilia subcarinatum Reuss 1854 [synonym]
Flabellosmilia vaughani Stephenson 1916
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Invalid names: Tropidocyathus minimus Filkorn 1994 [synonym], Tropidocyathus seymourensis Filkorn 1994 [synonym]
G. †Glenarea Pocta 1887
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Glenarea cretacea Pocta 1887
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Invalid names: Lithostrotionoides tessieri Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
Glenarea poctai Eliasova 1991
Glenarea prozorovskii Kuzmicheva 1987
Invalid names: Glenaraea [replaced], Lithostrotionoides Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
G. †Nefophyllia Wells 1937
G. †Pachygyra Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Pachygyra krameri Oppenheim 1930
Pachygyra princeps Reuss 1854
Pachygyra savii d'Achiardi 1866
Pachygyra tuberosa d'Orbigny 1850
G. †Phragmosmilia Alloiteau 1952
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Phragmosmilia lineata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Phragmosmilia inconstans de Fromentel 1862 [synonym]
G. †Phyllosmilia Fromentel 1862
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Phyllosmilia aegiale Felix 1903
Phyllosmilia felixi Beauvais 1982
Phyllosmilia reussi Beauvais 1982
G. †Strotogyra Wells 1937
G. †Progyrosmilia Wells 1937
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Progyrosmilia vacua Gerth 1923
Invalid names: Coelocoenia Gerth 1923 [replaced]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 167.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (378 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Scyphocoenia staminifera (161867)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom Bathycoenia statteri (161723)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Bathycoenia moneta, Bathycoenia slatteri (38159)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Kologyra tuberosa (41422)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Kologyra tuberosa (34612)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Fars) Rennensismilia infexa (233243)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari) Strotogyra copoyensis (233111)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Glenarea prozorovskii (91687)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) Aulosmilia archiaci (74258)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Rennensismilia inflexa (83393)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Dichocoenia sp. (50421 221477)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Slovenia Strotogyra augusti (68731)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Parnassomeandra diacantoniae (74811)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Tortoflabellum sp. (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Rennensismilia inflexa (50104)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Tortoflabellum sp. (140110 140111 140114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Aulosmilia sp., Parnassomeandra steuberi (204527) Aulosmilia sp., Phyllosmilia basochesi (203930) Parnassomeandra steuberi (204528 204531)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Tortoflabellum sp. (150614 150875)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Glenarea poctai (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Glenarea cretacea, Glenarea poctai (35138) Glenarea poctai (35113) Nefophyllia sp. (35105) Nefophyllia sp., Glenarea poctai (34737)