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Goniastrea insignis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea insignis was named by Duncan (1880). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bhagathoro Hill, Sind, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.

It was recombined as Favites insignis by Schuster (2002); it was recombined as Goniastrea insignis by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. hombroni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Latimeandra gajensis Duncan
1880Latimeandra reussi Duncan
1880Prionastraea insignis Duncan
2002Favites insignis Schuster
2006Goniastrea insignis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusGoniastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesinsignis(Duncan 1880)

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.

†Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Latimeandra gajensis Duncan 1880 [synonym], Latimeandra reussi Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Burdigalian or 72.20000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Goniastrea insignis (27646)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Pakistan Prionastraea insignis (type locality: 11291)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran Favites insignis (41075)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia Favites insignis (123805)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) Latimeandra reussi, Latimeandra gajensis (11292)