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Collignonastraea meandra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Oulophyllia meandra was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN.F.R09172, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Latomeandra meandra by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851); it was recombined as Microphyllia meandra by Lathuilière (2000); it was recombined as Collignonastraea meandra by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Oulophyllia meandra d'Orbigny
1851Latomeandra meandra Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Microphyllia meandra Lathuilière
2003Collignonastraea meandra Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusCollignonastraea
speciesmeandra()

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.

†Collignonastraea meandra d'Orbigny 1850
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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 Toarcian to the top of the Oxfordian or 184.20000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Iran Collignonastraea meandra (73968)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Collignonastraea meandra (41396)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Collignonastraea meandra (73966)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland Microphyllia meandra (162373)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France (Franche-Comte) Collignonastraea meandra (86633)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Rajasthan) Collignonastraea meandra (92927)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Collignonastraea meandra (41422)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Rajasthan) Collignonastraea meandra (92944)