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Siderastrea silecensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Siderastrea silecensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3694 - Wakulla [Chattahoochee Fm], which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone in the Chattahoochee Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Siderastrea silecensis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciessilecensis

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.

Siderastrea silecensis Vaughan 1919
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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: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Aquitanian or 27.30000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Georgia) Siderastrea silecensis (71115)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Siderastrea silecensis (92509 123677 123678)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) Siderastrea silecensis (71088 type locality: 124704 124718)