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Mixastraea westfalica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Mixastraea westfalica was named by Löser (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Mixastraea westfalica Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMixastraea
specieswestfalicaLöser 1993

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.

Mixastraea westfalica Löser 1993
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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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Cenomanian or 125.77000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Mixastraea westfalica (116872)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Mixastraea westfalica (34719)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Mixastraea westfalica (35101)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Mixastraea westfalica (74811)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico Mixastraea westfalica (21255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Mixastraea westfalica (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Mixastraea westfalica (203931)