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Madracis gregorioi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Madracis gregorioi was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Greggs Landing, Greggs Landing Marl, which is in a Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Madracis gregorioi Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAstrocoeniidaeKoby 1890
genusMadracisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesgregorioi

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.

Madracis gregorioi Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesg
Brooding: yesg
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:25:21
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:16:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Madracis gregorioi (80495 80672 type locality: 87827 98257)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Madracis gregorioi (98920 99763 101126 101129 105503)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Madracis gregorioi (87835 90609)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) Madracis gregorioi (98925)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Madracis gregorioi (91848)