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Ovalastrea lobata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Favia lobata was named by Koby (1884). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ovalastrea lobata by Geyer (1955).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Favia lobata Koby
1955Ovalastrea lobata Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastrea
specieslobata()

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 lobata Koby 1884
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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 (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Ovalastrea lobata (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Ovalastrea lobata (68587 68589)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Ovalastrea lobata (68650 68652)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Ovalastrea lobata (34611)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Ovalastrea lobata (67935)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Ovalastrea lobata (68602 68608)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Ovalastrea lobata (34665)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ovalastrea lobata (23904)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Ovalastrea lobata (68239)