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Frechastraea

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Frechastraea Scrutton
1974Scruttonia Cherepnina
1981Frechastraea Hill
1981Scruttonia Hill
1994Frechastraea McLean
2002Frechastrea Sepkoski
2002Scruttonia Sepkoski
2008Frechastraea Brownlaw and Jell p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyPhillipsastreidaeHill 1954
genusFrechastraeaScrutton 1968

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.

G. †Frechastraea Scrutton 1968
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Frechastraea borealis McLean 1994
Frechastraea coeni Coen-Aubert 2012
Frechastraea glabra Coen-Aubert 2012
Frechastraea pentagona Goldfuss 1826
Frechastraea pollicaris McLean 1994
Frechastraea schafferi Penecke 1903
Frechastraea scruttoni McLean 1994
Invalid names: Scruttonia Cherepnina 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Devonian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 419.62000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Morocco F. pentagona (221429)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) F. sanctacrucensis, F. sp. (81745)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Scruttonia sp. (38407)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Spain Scruttonia sotoi (151287 151288 151289)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) F. pentagona (82561)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Spain (Leon) F. micrommato, F. frechi (26849)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France Scruttonia boloniensis (38690)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Columbia) F. whittakeri (40288 83798)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) F. delicatula (92895) F. sp. (92896 92897)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) F. bewerbanki (84340)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Columbia-Alberta) F. sp. (40285)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Alberta) F. scruttoni (83698 83835)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Afghanistan (Ghazni) F. pentagona (84705 84706) Scruttonia sp., F. sp. (84665)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Colombia-Alberta) F. whittakeri (40286)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Northwest Territories) F. borealis (83837 83838) F. pollicaris (83819) F. sp. (40131) F. whittakeri (83814) F. whittakeri, F. sp. (40147)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15China (Hunan) F. hsikuangshanensis (40955)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) Scruttonia balconi (76606 76631)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Namur) F. glabra (76637)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium F. coeni (134861) F. coeni, F. phillipsastraeiformis (134862)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Canada (Northwest Territories) F. whittakeri (83806)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland F. goldfussi, F. pentagona (61840)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Türkiye F. schafferi (219035)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Iran F. sp. (144944)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) F. limitata (81748)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) Scruttonia sp., Scruttonia sp. indet. E (40006)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Poland Scruttonia kunthi, Scruttonia sudetica (134804) Scruttonia kunthi, Scruttonia sudetica, Scruttonia fedorowskii (134802)