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Complexastrea thevenini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Confusastrea thevenini was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Complexastrea thevenini by Turnsek and Mihajlovic (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Confusastrea thevenini Etallon
1859Confusastrea thevenini Étallon p. 504
1973Complexastrea thevenini Turnsek and Mihajlovic p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusComplexastrea()
speciesthevenini()

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.

Complexastrea thevenini Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Berriasian or 154.80000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Complexastrea thevenini (34611)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Complexastrea thevenini (68368 68369)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Complexastrea thevenini (23904)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Bulgaria (Pernik) Complexastrea thevenini (87068)