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Stylophora undata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Stylophora undata was named by Weisbord (1971). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is FLX [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Stylophora undata Weisbord

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciesundata

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.

Stylophora undata Weisbord 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Serravallian or 33.90000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Stylophora undata (69724)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica Stylophora undata (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Venezuela Stylophora undata (87096)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela Stylophora undata (87097)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica Stylophora undata (69729)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Stylophora undata (type locality: 123564)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Stylophora undata (27584 27591 27594)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama Stylophora undata (120402)