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Seriastraea furukawai

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae

Taxonomy
Thamnasteria furukawai was named by Kanmera (1964). Its type specimen is GK.F350 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ko.278, Kuma River, which is in a Carnian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Koguchi Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Seriastraea furukawai by Onoue and Stanley (2008) and Stanley and Onoue (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Thamnasteria furukawai Kanmera p. 135 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-7
2008Seriastraea furukawai Onoue and Stanley p. 541 fig. 10a
2015Seriastraea furukawai Stanley and Onoue p. 24 figs. 17a-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAstraeomorphidaeFrech 1890
genusSeriastraeaSchäfer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
speciesfurukawai(Kanmera 1964)

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.

Seriastraea furukawai Kanmera 1964
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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: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan Seriastraea furukawai (165296) Thamnasteria furukawai (type locality: 34883)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Japan Seriastraea furukawai (165292 165293)