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Montastreinae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Montastreinae was named by Vaughan and Wells (1943).

It was assigned to Faviidae by Wells (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells
1956Montastreinae Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
subfamilyMontastreinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMontastreinaeVaughan and Wells 1943

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.

Subfm. †Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. †Provinciastraea Chevalier 1954
G. †Stylocora Reuss 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Montastreinae indet. (138910)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Montastreinae indet. (77000)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Libya Stylocora sp. (10964)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Libya Stylocora sp. (34498)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.04 - 11.63Libya Stylocora sp. (34499)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Stylocora exilis (146511)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Poland Stylocora exilis (38818 38819 38822)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Stylocora exilis (38823)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia Stylocora sp. (88803)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Caledonia Montastreinae indet. (89433)