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Peplosmilia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Peplosmilia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Peplosmilia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Brit. Foss. Corals (Pal. Soc., 3), xxv. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| Montlivaltia latona species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peplosmilia austeni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Peplosmilia depressa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peplosmilia elliptica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peplosmilia fromenteli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Peplosmilia latona ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Peplosmilia portlandica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peplosmilia stutzi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Peplosmilia subconica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peplosmilia triasica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pleurosmilia stutzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Peplosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1956 | Peplosmilia Wells |
| 1997 | Peplosmilia Turnsek |
| 2002 | Peplosmilia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Peplosmilia Baron-Szabo p. 57 |
References
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!
