Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Aulastraea macer

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Aulastraea macer was named by Eliasova (1975). Its type specimen is Holotype HF 115 and 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
1975Aulastraea macer Eliasova

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAulastraeaOgilvie 1897
speciesmacer

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.

Aulastraea macer Eliasova 1975
show all | hide all
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 Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 145.06000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Aulastraea macer (62219)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Aulastraea macer (type locality: 36533)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Aulastraea macer (34719)