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Siderastrea miocenica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Siderastrea miocenica Osasco

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesmiocenicaOsasco 1896

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.

Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896
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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: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Siderastrea miocenica (163836)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Siderastrea miocenica (70315 163837)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Portugal Siderastrea miocenica (92102)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Siderastrea miocenica (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Siderastrea miocenica (70191 163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Siderastrea miocenica (41077)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Siderastrea miocenica (70203)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Spain Siderastrea miocenica (70413)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France Siderastrea miocenica (163846)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Saudi Arabia Siderastrea miocenica (197906 197909)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Siderastrea miocenica (163845)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France Siderastrea miocenica (161597)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Siderastrea miocenica (161338 161390)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Siderastrea miocenica (34724)