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Ovalastrea caryophylloides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Astrea caryophylloides was named by Goldfuss (1826). Its type specimen is Lectotype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss-221, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Favia caryophylloides by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Ovalastrea caryophylloides by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850), Geyer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. delgadoi, O. rutschi, O. tangenticostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea caryophylloides Goldfuss
1849Ovalastrea caryophylloides D'Orbigny p. 10
1850Ovalastrea caryophylloides d'Orbigny p. 386
1857Favia caryophylloides Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 440
1955Ovalastrea caryophylloides Geyer

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

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.

†Ovalastrea caryophylloides Goldfuss 1826
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Aptian or 157.90000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Ovalastrea caryophylloides (68372)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Ovalastrea caryophylloides (34611 34612)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Ovalastrea caryophylloides (67905 67935 67956)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Ovalastrea caryophylloides (68382 85572)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Ovalestrea caryophylloides (6013)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Rhone-Alpes) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (93270)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany (Lower Saxony) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (23929)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (23887)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Ovalastrea caryophylloides (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Spain (Valencia) Ovalastrea caryophylloides (87799)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Spain Ovalastrea caryophylloides (220703)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Iran Ovalastrea caryophylloides (234261)