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Amphiastrea basaltiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastrea basaltiformis was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. gregoryi, A. minima, A. regularis, A. woodiae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Amphiastrea basaltiformis Étallon p. 501
1861Amphiastraea basaltiformis de Fromentel p. 232
1888Amphiastraea basaltiformis Koby
1955Amphiastrea basaltiformis Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAmphiastrea
speciesbasaltiformis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Amphiastrea basaltiformis Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Modified: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Valanginian or 157.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Amphiastrea basaltiformis (94320)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Amphiastrea basaltiformis (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Amphiastraea basaltiformis (68690) Amphiastrea basaltiformis (68703)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Amphiastrea basaltiformis (68594)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Amphiastrea basaltiformis (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Amphiastraea basaltiformis (89994)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Amphiastrea basaltiformis (154046)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Amphiastrea basaltiformis (31285)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Amphiastrea basaltiformis (36533 36540)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Poland Amphiastraea basaltiformis (64117)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Amphiastrea basaltiformis (69144)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Spain Amphiastrea basaltiformis (220703)