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Diploria sarasotana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Diploria sarasotana was named by Weisbord (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warren Brothers Pit, Sarasota, which is in a Pliocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in the Tamiami Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Diploria sarasotana Weisbord

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusDiploriaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciessarasotana

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.

Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Diploria sarasotana (71398 124265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Diploria sarasotana (146873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Diploria sarasotana (79958 type locality: 85448)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Diploria sarasotana (71414)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Diploria sarasotana (120288)