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Montastrea pecosensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella pecosensis was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is University Mesa, Fort Stockton, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Main Street Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Montastrea pecosensis by Cairns (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Orbicella pecosensis Wells
1991Montastrea pecosensis Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciespecosensis()

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.

Montastrea pecosensis Wells 1933
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Orbicella pecosensis (type locality: 123355)