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Montlivaltia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4879299	https://www.gbif.org/species/4879299
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6627	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6627

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Montlivaltia

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	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Montlivaltiidae	Dietrich 1926
subfamily	Montlivaltiinae	Dietrich 1926
genus	Montlivaltia	Lamouroux 1821

Scientific Name

Montlivaltia Lamouroux, 1821

Name Published In

Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers : avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. Paris 1821. 72-76.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Montlivaltia	genus	belongs to Montlivaltiidae	stated without evidence	Fischer, 1969
Montlivaltia	genus	belongs to Montlivaltiidae	stated with evidence	Roniewicz, 1976
Montlivaltia	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Montlivaltia	genus	belongs to Montlivaltiidae	stated with evidence	Baron-Szabo, 2006
Montlivaltia	genus	belongs to Montlivaltiinae	stated with evidence	Kiessling, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

102

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Faviina)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Montlivaltiidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Faviina)

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
Montlivaltia (Plesiomontlivaltia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anthophyllum decipiens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophyllum obconicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caryophyllia dilatata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caryophyllia truncata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Caryophyllia vasiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclolites cottreaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia alata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia alcobacensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia angusticostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Montlivaltia arcuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia atlantica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	61.6 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Montlivaltia bangoinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia bifida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia brevis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Montlivaltia bulgarica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia bullata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia caespitosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Montlivaltia capitata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Montlivaltia cartieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia caryophyllata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	176 Ma Early Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia cavali ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia champlittensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	161 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia chariensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia cherahilensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia choffati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia compressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia compressoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia contorta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia cornutiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia cosmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia cottreaui ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia crassisepta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia crenata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Montlivaltia culullus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia cupuliformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia cyclolitoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia decipiens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	176 Ma Early Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia deltoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia deqenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Montlivaltia dianthus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia dilatata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia ducreti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia ellipsocylindrica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia frustriformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia gigas ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia gregoryi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia greppini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia guerangeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia gyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia hourcqi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia icaunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Montlivaltia incubans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia indica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia induta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia jacquemonti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia jaunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia kachensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia kairouanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia kaufmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia kobyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia langi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia laufonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	161 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia lesueuri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia lesueurii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia luciensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia lynyani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia mallens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia marmolatae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Montlivaltia martini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia matheyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia mayaoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia meriani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia mitodaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia moeschi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia multiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia nattheimensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia obconica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		24	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia obliqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Montlivaltia orientalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia parasitica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Montlivaltia paucisepta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia pedunculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Montlivaltia pictaviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia polymorpha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	201 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Montlivaltia ponderosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia radiciformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Montlivaltia ranikoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia regularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia rosula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia rugulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia sarthacensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia schaeferi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Montlivaltia septafindens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Montlivaltia shiquanheensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia sinemuriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia smithi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia soaravikelyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia stueri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia subcaryophyllata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia subdispar ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia subinflata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia subrugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montlivaltia subturbinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia superficialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia symmetrica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia tenuilamellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Montlivaltia tenuilamellosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia thurmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	157 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia todanaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia triasina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Montlivaltia trochoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia truncata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		16	161 Ma Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia tubicina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia turgida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia uricornis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia vasiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Montlivaltia vesiculosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia waterhousei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia xainzaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia zangbeiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Thecophyllia sarthacensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Montlivaultia Lamaroux, 1821	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : *Montlivaultia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1821	Montlivaltia Lamouroux
1927	Montlivaultia Smith p. 126
1969	Montlivaltia Fischer
1976	Montlivaltia Roniewicz
2002	Montlivaltia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Montlivaltia Baron-Szabo p. 51
2008	Montlivaltia Kiessling

References

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

Smith J. P. (1927) Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141, 1-262

Fischer J. -C. (1969) Geologie, Paleontologie et Paleoecologie du Bathonien au sud-ouest du Massif Ardennais, Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 20, 1-319

Roniewicz E. (1976) Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie, Palaeontologia Polonica 34, 17-121

Baron-Szabo R. (2006) Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 1, 1-108

Kiessling W. (2008) New opinions on coral taxonomy

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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Exp. Méth. Polyp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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