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Stephanophyllia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2260486	https://www.gbif.org/species/2260486
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6883	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6883

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Micrabaciidae : Stephanophyllia

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	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
superfamily	Fungiicae	Dana 1846
family	Micrabaciidae	Vaughan 1905
genus	Stephanophyllia	Michelin 1841

Scientific Name

Stephanophyllia Michelin, 1841

Name Published In

Michelin, H. (1840-1847). Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des Polypes fossiles de France et pays environnants. Atlas: pls 1-79. Paris.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stephanophyllia	genus	belongs to Micrabaciidae	stated with evidence	Wells, 1956
Stephanophyllia	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (6.7%)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary (based on Micrabaciidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Micrabaciidae)

Reproduction

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

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
Micrabacia cribraria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanophyllia californica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	56.0 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Stephanophyllia complicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanophyllia cribraria species	listed (PBDB)		7	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stephanophyllia elegans species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Stephanophyllia fungulus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Stephanophyllia hexaflora species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Stephanophyllia imperialis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Stephanophyllia implexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Stephanophyllia indica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Stephanophyllia japonica species	listed (PBDB)		2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Stephanophyllia lanquinei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stephanophyllia michelini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Stephanophyllia neglecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stephanophyllia nysti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	20.4 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Stephanophyllia plattenwaldensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stephanophyllia vacavillensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Stephanopsammia Yabe & Eguchi, 1932	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Micrabaciidae : *Stephanopsammia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1841	Stephanophyllia Michelin
1956	Stephanophyllia Wells
2002	Stephanophyllia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444

Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson, 2010. Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). - via World Register of Marine Species

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dict. Sci. Nat. (Suppl.), 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - 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

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SN2000/Dunn, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cairns, S.D., 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smith. Cont. Zool. 486: 136 pp., 42 pls., 3 figs. - via World Register of Marine Species

Michelin, H. (1840-1847). Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des Polypes fossiles de France et pays environnants. Atlas: pls 1-79. Paris. - via World Register of Marine Species

Cairns, S. D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (615): 1-75. - via World Register of Marine Species

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