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Amphiastrea fallax

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastrea fallax was named by Eliasova (1975). Its type specimen is Holotype HF 257, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stramberk reef, 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
1975Amphiastrea fallax Eliasova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAmphiastrea
speciesfallax

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.

Amphiastrea fallax Eliasova 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Modified: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Amphiastrea fallax (type locality: 36533)