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Ovalastrea michelini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Parastrea michelini was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

It was recombined as Favia michelini by Koby (1904); it was recombined as Ovalastrea michelini by Geyer (1954).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Parastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime
1904Favia michelini Koby
1954Ovalastrea michelini Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastrea
speciesmichelini(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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 michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ukraine Ovalastrea michelini (67868)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Ovalastrea michelini (28059)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Ovalastrea michelini (28061)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Ovalastrea michelini (93095)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Uzbekistan Ovalastrea michelini (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Ovalastrea michelini (93866 94319 94326)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Uzbekistan Favia michelini (91787)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Ovalastrea michelini (68589)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Ovalastrea michelini (90002)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Ovalastrea michelini (34611)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Ovalastrea michelini (67934)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany (Lower Saxony) Ovalastrea michelini (23929)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Ovalastrea michelini (67940)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Ovalastrea michelini (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ovalastrea michelini (23904)