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Stylophora octophylla

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Astraeopora octophylla was named by Felix (1906). It is not extant. Its type locality is Delatyn, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine conglomerate in the Konglomeratbank Formation of Ukraine.

It was recombined as Stylophora octophylla by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Astraeopora octophylla Felix
2006Stylophora octophylla Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciesoctophylla()

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.

†Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Ukraine Astraeopora octophylla (type locality: 87044)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Stylophora octophylla (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Stylophora octophylla (206408)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Stylophora octophylla (175477)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Stylophora octophylla (27647)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Stylophora octophylla (27645 27646)