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Coelosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Coelosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Desmophyllum by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Kiessling (2003) and Stolarski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Coelosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
2003Coelosmilia Kiessling
2007Coelosmilia Stolarski et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusCoelosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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. Coelosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Coelosmilia americana Roemer 1888
Coelosmilia indica Gregory 1900
Coelosmilia texana Conrad 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Comments: microcarnivoreg
Created: 2007-10-05 07:08:39
Modified: 2007-10-05 09:08:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Lutetian or 167.70000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) C. indica (24050)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) C. texana (37561)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) C. americana (123295) C. texana (123287 123288 123289 123290 123291 123292 123293 123294)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6USA (New Mexico) C. texana (35096)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt C. sp. (161582)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland C. sp. (27818)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark C. brevis (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) C. brevis (87001)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy C. costata (75454)