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Favites pauciseptata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea pauciseptata was named by Gerth (1923). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kabasian River, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Favites pauciseptata by Gerth (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Prionastraea pauciseptata Gerth
1925Favites pauciseptata Gerth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciespauciseptata()

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.

Favites pauciseptata Gerth 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.97000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Prionastraea pauciseptata (type locality: 108810)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Favites pauciseptata (71260)