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Montastrea franqana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Montastraea cavernosa (syn. Orbicella braziliana), Montastraea cylindrica, Montastraea endothecata (syn. Orbicella bainbridgensis, Orbicella canalis, Orbicella insignis, Astraea endothecata, Cyathomorpha roxboroughi), Montastraea faveolata, Montastraea franksi, Montastraea pelouaensis, M. alpina, M. antilliana, M. bachmayeri, M. brevis, M. bumi, M. cavernosa, M. colemani, M. costata, M. cribraria, M. cubana, M. cylindrica, M. davisina, M. endothecata, M. eocenica, M. exsculpta, M. felixi, M. gabbi, M. imperatoris, M. inaequalis (syn. Heliastrea immersa), M. intermedia, M. irradians, M. katzeri, M. lauensis, M. laurae, M. lepidoides, M. lilli, M. lyonsi, M. nodosa, M. orbitoides, M. pecosensis, M. pediculata, M. peninsularis, M. pomeli, M. prima, M. roemeriana, M. rotunda, M. rudis, M. schuberti, M. schweinfurthi, M. tabulata, M. tampaensis, M. tchihatcheffi, M. texana, M. trinitatis, Phyllocoenia sculpta

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesfranqana

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.

Diagnosis
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Measurements
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No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea franqana (85272)