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Bracthelia giseldonensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Ironella giseldonensis was named by Krasnov and Starostina (1970). It is an impression. Its type locality is Gizeldon River, N Caucasus, which is in a Tithonian marine limestone in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Starostinia.

It was recombined as Starostinia giseldonensis by Doweld (2014); it was recombined as Bracthelia giseldonensis by Ricci et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Ironella giseldonensis Krasnov and Starostina
2014Starostinia giseldonensis Doweld
2018Bracthelia giseldonensis Ricci et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusBracthelia(Beauvais and Beauvais 1975)
speciesgiseldonensis()

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.

Bracthelia giseldonensis Krasnov and Starostina 1970
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Valanginian or 161.20000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Ironella giseldonensis (68686 68690)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya) Ironella giseldonensis (type locality: 78693)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland Ironella giseldonensis (133384)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Slovenia Ironella giseldonensis (76919)