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Pararachnastraea dyeri

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae

Taxonomy
Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) dyeri was named by Stevens (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 482066 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ocotillo Corral B, La Vinata, Nuevo Casas Grandes, which is in an Artinskian carbonate rudstone in Mexico.

It was recombined as Pararachnastraea dyeri by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) dyeri Stevens p. 1178 figs. 2.7-2.11
2007Pararachnastraea dyeri Fedorowski et al. p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDurhaminidaeMinato and Kato 1965
genusPararachnastraea
speciesdyeri()

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.

†Pararachnastraea dyeri Stevens 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Mexico (Chihuahua) Kleopatrina dyeri (type locality: 118798)