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Oulastreidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oulastreidae

Taxonomy
Oulastreidae was named by Vaughan (1919). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Oulastreidae Vaughan
2021Oulastreidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyOulastreidaeVaughan 1919
familyOulastreidaeVaughan 1919

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.

Fm. Oulastreidae Vaughan 1919
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G. †Cyathomorpha Reuss 1868
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Cyathomorpha damoni Wells 1932
G. Oulastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Oulastrea crispata Lamarck 1816
Oulastrea praecrispata Umbgrove 1950
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 110.1 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Cyathomorpha damoni (74763)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Dominican Republic Cyathomorpha sp. (124754)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Iran Oulastrea sp. (241378)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Cyathomorpha irregularis (62860)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Oulastrea praecrispata (42739)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Oulastrea crispata (97528)