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Calamophylliopsis

Extinct genus of corals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Calamophylliopsis is a genus of extinct stony corals. They lived from the Early Jurassic to Late Oligocene (around 189 to 23 Ma).[2]

Phylum:Cnidaria
Subphylum:Anthozoa
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Calamophylliopsis
Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Late Oligocene
~189–23 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: †Dermosmiliidae
Genus: †Calamophylliopsis
Alloiteau 1952[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cladophylliopsis Beauvais 1972
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Species

  • C. cervina
  • C. compacta
  • C. compressa
  • C. crassa
  • C. elegans
  • C. etalloni
  • C. flabellum
  • C. fotisalensis
  • C. klothoensis
  • C. kyrvakarensis
  • C. lombricalis
  • C. marini
  • C. moreauana
  • C. sandbergeri
  • C. simonyi
  • C. stockesi
  • C. vidali
  • C. alternicosta

Distribution

Fossils of Calamophylliopsis have been registered in:[2]

Jurassic

Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Colombia (Coquina Group, La Guajira), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, Myanmar, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan.

Cretaceous

Bulgaria, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, USSR, Ukraine, United States (Arizona), Uzbekistan, and Venezuela.

Paleocene

France

Eocene

Croatia

Oligocene

Slovenia

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