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Isastrea explanata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Astrea explanata was named by Muenster (1829). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Isastraea explanata by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Thamnastraea explanata by Bendukidze (1949); it was recombined as Isastrea explanata by Flügel (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Astrea explanata Muenster p. 112 figs. pl. 38 fig. 14
1829Astrea explanata Münster
1857Isastraea explanata Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 527
1949Thamnastraea explanata Bendukidze p. 96 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,5a; text-fig 11
1966Isastrea explanata Flügel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusIsastrea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
speciesexplanata()

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.

†Isastrea explanata Muenster 1829
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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 Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 168.20000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Isastrea explanata (38737)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran Isastraea explanata (37566)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran Isastrea explanata (85446)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Isastrea explanata (22784)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Isastrea explanata (93114 93157)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Isastrea explanata (93098)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Isastrea explanata (93538)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom Isastrea explanata (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia Isastrea explanata (93501)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Isastrea explanata (34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Azerbaijan Isastrea explanata (78485)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Isastrea explanata (50421)