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Microphyllia ✝

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Microphyllia sp.

Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Microphyllia sp.

Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Microphyllia sp.

Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3250201	https://www.gbif.org/species/3250201
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6607	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6607

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : Microphyllia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae : Microphyllia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Latomeandridae	Alloiteau 1952
genus	Microphyllia	d'Orbigny 1849

Scientific Name

Microphyllia d'Orbigny, 1849

Name Published In

Note Polyp. Foss.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Microphyllia	genus	belongs to Latomeandridae	stated without evidence	Baron-Szabo, 1997
Microphyllia	genus	belongs to Latomeandriidae	stated with evidence	Pandey et al., 2000
Microphyllia	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Latomeandridae)

Reproduction

asexual (based on Latomeandridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astrea maeandrinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isastrea cylindrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimaeandra acuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimaeandra brevivallis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimaeandra seriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimaeandra sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimeandra contorta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimeandra davidsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandraraea kenyense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandrina astroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandrina soemmeringii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microphyllia acuta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microphyllia astroides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia bachmayeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	161 Ma Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microphyllia brevivallis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia contorta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Microphyllia convergens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	180 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Microphyllia curtata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia cylindrica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia davidsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia densecostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microphyllia elevata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	152 Ma Late Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microphyllia gagnebini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Microphyllia gemina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microphyllia gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Microphyllia jaspensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia kenyensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia labyrinthiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia lineata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	180 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Microphyllia macropora ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	176 Ma Early Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Microphyllia madagascariensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia maeandrinoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microphyllia mvitensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia profunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microphyllia pulchella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	190 Ma Early Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia punctata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia resanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microphyllia seriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia soemmeringii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia sulcata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microphyllia thurmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microphyllia undans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	161 Ma Jurassic	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Oulophyllia macropora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thamnastraea mvitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1849	Microphyllia d'Orbigny
1957	Comophylliopsis Alloiteau
1957	Polyseris Alloiteau
1960	Plesiodiploria Alloiteau
1997	Microphyllia Baron-Szabo p. 85
2000	Microphyllia Pandey et al.
2002	Comophylliopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Microphyllia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Plesiodiploria Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Polyseris Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Baron-Szabo R. C. (1997) Die Korallenfazies der ostalpinen Kreide (Helvetikum: Allgäuer Schrattenkalk; Nördliche Kalkalpen: Brandenberger Gosau) - Taxonomie, Palökologie, Zitteliana 21, 3-97

Pandey D. K., Ahmad F., et al (2000) Middle Jurassic scleractinian corals from northwestern Jordan, Beringeria 27, 3-29

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Note Polyp. Foss. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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