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Ellipsosmilia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Ellipsosmilia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Note Polyp. Foss. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Anthophyllum circumvelatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsosmilia carantonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsosmilia circumvelata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Ellipsosmilia humilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsosmilia obliqua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsosmilia plicata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsosmilia rugosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Ellipsosmilia subrudis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Epismilia rugosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny |
| 1864 | Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) Gabb p. 208 |
| 2002 | Ellipsosmilia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2008 | Ellipsosmilia Kiessling |
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!
