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Etallonasteria minima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophora minima was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Convexastrea minima by Koby (1881); it was recombined as Convexastraea minima by Bendukidze (1949); it was recombined as Cryptocoenia minima by Beauvais (1964); it was recombined as Adelocoenia minima by Beauvais (1964); it was recombined as Etallonia minima by Roniewicz (1966) and Turnsek (1972); it was recombined as Etallonasteria minima by Morycowa and Decrouez (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Convexastrea minima Koby
1949Convexastraea minima Bendukidze p. 66
1964Adelocoenia minima Beauvais
1964Cryptocoenia minima Beauvais
1966Etallonia minima Roniewicz
1972Etallonia minima Turnsek
2006Etallonasteria minima Morycowa and Decrouez p. 807

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusEtallonasteria()
speciesminima()

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.

Etallonasteria minima Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 157.90000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Czechia Etallonasteria minima (61227)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Adelocoenia minima (93094)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Cryptocoenia minima (93114)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) Etallonasteria minima (98351)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Etallonia minima (68374)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Convexastrea minima (68588)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Etallonia minima (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Etallonia minima (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Etallonasteria minima (68684)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Etallonia minima (85932 85936)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Convexastrea minima (34660 34662)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Etallonia minima (35201)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Greece Cryptocoenia minima (85964)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Convexastrea minima (68784)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Convexastrea minima (68220)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Etallonia minima (89994)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Convexastrea minima (36533 36538)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Cyathophora minima (67122 67123)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland Etallonasteria minima (72040)