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Wilsonastraea smithi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Taxonomy
Heritschioides smithi was named by Wilson (1982). Its type specimen is UCMP 37206 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Wilsonastraea smithi by Fedorowski et al. (2007), Stevens (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Heritschioides smithi Wilson p. 41 figs. 25d, 26a-c
1989Heritschioides hoganae Stevens and Rycerski p. 172 figs. 8.1-8.3,8.6,8.7
2007Wilsonastraea smithi Fedorowski et al. p. 102
2008Wilsonastraea smithi Stevens p. 1199 figs. 8.1-8.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyKleopatrinidae
genusWilsonastraea
speciessmithi()

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.

Wilsonastraea smithi Wilson 1982
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Invalid names: Heritschioides hoganae Stevens and Rycerski 1989 [synonym]
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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nevada) Wilsonastraea smithi (108032)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Canada (British Columbia) Wilsonastraea smithi (107938)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (California) Heritschioides smithi (62693)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Heritschioides hoganae (75823)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Wilsonastraea smithi (107968 118822)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) Heritschioides smithi (62681)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Idaho) Wilsonastraea smithi (108136)