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Pavona microstoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pavona microstoma was named by Umbgrove (1925) [in Gerth]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atjeh site M.372, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene carbonate horizon in Indonesia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pavona microstoma Umbgrove

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPavonaLamarck 1801
speciesmicrostomaUmbgrove 1925

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.

Pavona microstoma Umbgrove 1925
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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 Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Pavona microstoma (109216)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Pavona microstoma (108774)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Pavona microstoma (type locality: 63129)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Pavona microstoma (45334)