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Elysastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy

Elysastraea was named by Laube (1865). Its type is Elysastraea fischeri.

It was assigned to Montlivaltiinae by Wells (1956); to Montlivaltiidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Elyastraea juliana, Elyastraea major, Elyastraea profunda, E. fischeri (type species), E. oligocystis, E. parvula, E. profunda

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. austriaca, E. haueri, E. hebridensis, E. juliana, E. norica, E. rancouverensis, E. vancouverensis, E. vancouverensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Elysastraea Laube
1956	Elysastraea Wells
1997	Elyastraea Turnsek
2002	Elyastraea Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
family	Thecosmiliidae	(Duncan 1884)
subfamily	Montlivaltiinae	Dietrich 1926
genus	Elysastraea

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. †Elysastraea Laube 1865

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†Elyastraea juliana Turnsek and Ramovs 1987

†Elyastraea major Frech 1890

†Elyastraea profunda Reuss 1854

†Elysastraea fischeri Laube 1865

†Elysastraea oligocystis Frech 1890

†Elysastraea parvula Ogilvie Gordon 1927

†Elysastraea profunda Reuss 1854

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 20:38:42

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Jamesoni or 241.46400 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian	243.33 - 239.48	Italy (South Tyrol)	E. parvula (205128)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Tajikistan	E. fischeri (81064) E. haueri (75610)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	USA (Nevada)	E. sp. A (100454)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Japan	E. sp. (34883)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	USA (Oregon)	E. sp. (41468)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Canada (British Columbia)	E. sp. (67003)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Nevada)	E. austriaca, E. norica, E. profunda (100412) E. sp. (100441)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Türkiye (Anatolia)	E. profunda (38047)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Alaska)	E. profunda (100530 100531) E. sp. (100529)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (Nevada)	E. austriaca, E. norica, E. profunda (100391) E. profunda (100423) E. sp. (100394 100395 100418 100420 100435)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (Oregon)	E. profunda (100506 100512 100513)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	USA (Idaho)	E. vancouverensis, E. profunda (99505)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Austria	E. sp. (25261 58093)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Slovenia	E. juliana (68765)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	USA (Alaska)	E. sp. (97816)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Canada (British Columbia)	E. rancouverensis, E. profunda (100474) E. vancouverensis, E. profunda (100468)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	USA (Alaska)	E. sp. (100533 100535) E. vancouverensis, E. profunda (100532)
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.4 - 192.9	Tajikistan	Elysastrea sp. (151314)
Jamesoni	192.9 - 184.2	United Kingdom	E. hebridensis (42211)