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Clausastrea pseudoconfluens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Clausastrea pseudoconfluens was named by Eliasova (1976). Its type specimen is Holotype HF 321, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skalicka, Stramberk reef limestone, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of Czechia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Clausastrea pseudoconfluens Eliasova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusClausastrea
speciespseudoconfluens

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.

Clausastrea pseudoconfluens Eliasova 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Clausastrea pseudoconfluens (68682 68698)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Clausastrea pseudoconfluens (62219 type locality: 62220 68783)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Clausastrea confluens (62343)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Clausastrea pseudoconfluens (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Poland Clausastrea confluens (64117)