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Rhipidastraea soukupi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidastraeidae

Taxonomy
Rhipidastraea soukupi was named by Eliasova (1991). Its type locality is Planany, Czechia, which is in a Turonian reef, buildup or bioherm rudstone in the Bila hora Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Rhipidastraea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Rhipidastraea soukupi Eliasova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyRhipidastraeidae
genusRhipidastraea
speciessoukupi

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.

Rhipidastraea soukupi Eliasova 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-18 06:53:48
Modified: 2008-02-18 08:53:48
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Baron-Szabo 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 106.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) Thalamocaeniopsis mexicanensis (89857 89858)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Rhipidastraea soukupi (type locality: 35144)