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Diploastrea hilli

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Diploastrea hilli was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Leon Springs, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Comanche Peak Limestone Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. agglomerata, D. crassolamellata, D. haimei, D. heliopora, D. nugenti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Diploastrea hilli Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
specieshilli

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.

†Diploastrea hilli 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: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) Diploastrea hilli (type locality: 123358 123359)