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Psammogyra caudata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

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

It was recombined as Psammogyra caudata by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Pachygyra caudata Etallon
1859Pachygyra caudata Étallon
1861Pachygyra caudata de Fromentel p. 157
1964Psammogyra caudata Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusPsammogyraFromentel 1862
speciescaudata()

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.

Psammogyra caudata Étallon 1859
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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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Psammogyra caudata (68510)