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Meandraraea gresslyi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Meandraraea gresslyi was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon
1864Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon and Thurmann p. 407 figs. pl. 57 fig. 11
1949Meandrarea gresslyi Bendukidze p. 88 figs. Pl 7, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusMeandraraea
speciesgresslyi

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.

†Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Barremian or 157.90000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Meandraraea gresslyi (93134 93151 93152 93153)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Meandraraea gresslyi (35183)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Meandraraea gresslyi (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Meandraraea gresslyi (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Meandraraea gresslyi (68654 68684)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Meandraraea gresslyi (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Meandraraea gresslyi (34611 34624)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Meandraraea gresslyi (34665)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Meandraraea gresslyi (133384 133386)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Meandraraea gresslyi (36533)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Meandraraea gresslyi (67122 67123)