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Ovalastrea crassa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Baryphyllia crassa was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ovalastrea crassa by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Baryphyllia crassa Étallon
1884Baryphyllia crassa Koby
1964Ovalastrea crassa Beauvais

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

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 crassa Étallon 1859
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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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Ovalastrea crassa (93114)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Ovalastrea crassa (93095)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Greece Ovalastrea crassa (86170)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Ovalastrea crassa (34611)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Ovalastrea crassa (68510)