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Argutastrea

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Taxonomy
Argutastrea was named by Crickmay (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 422,680]. It is not extant. Its type is Argutastrea arguta.

It was assigned to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); to Disphyllinae by Hill (1981), Brownlaw and Jell (2008); and to Disphyllidae by Coen-Aubert (2017).

Species
A. arguta (type species), A. briceae, A. hullensis
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Argutastrea Crickmay
1981Argutastrea Hill
1982Pseudohexagonaria Kramer p. 654
1992Pseudohexagonaria Wrzolek pp. 245 - 246
2002Argutastrea Sepkoski
2002Pseudohexagonaria Sepkoski
2008Argutastrea Brownlaw and Jell p. 50
2017Argutastrea Coen-Aubert p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDisphyllidaeHill 1939
genusArgutastreaCrickmay 1960

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.

G. †Argutastrea Crickmay 1960
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Argutastrea arguta Crickmay 1960
Argutastrea briceae Rohart 1988
Argutastrea hullensis Hill 1954
Invalid names: Pseudohexagonaria Kramer 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 393.47000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany A. philomena (25364 25368)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Northwest Territories) A. gemmifera (84255)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia Pseudohexagonaria katerinae (84368)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany A. hullensis (25369) A. quadrigemina (34830)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Canada (British Columbia) A. gemmifera (84252)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. quadrigemina (235157) A. sp. (81731)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Hunan) A. philomena, A. shaoyangensis (80272)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Sichuan) A. shiziyaensis (74632)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guangxi) A. sp. (34889)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland Pseudohexagonaria laxa (82740) Pseudohexagonaria sp. (82692) Pseudohexagonaria vesiculosa, Pseudohexagonaria laxa (83220)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France Pseudohexagonaria amanshausesri, Pseudohexagonaria glinskii, Cyathophyllum briceae (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Mauritania (Tiris Zemmour) A. briceae (236755)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (106535)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Asturias) A. amanshauseri (80368 80369)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guizhou) A. sinensis (84330)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Northwest Territories) A. arctica (55467) A. arguta (55477 84248) A. sp., A. arguta (84236)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. quadrigemina, A. sanderi (81727) A. tenuiseptata, A. sp. (81728)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) A. hullensis (92875 92879) A. sp. (92878)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) A. hullensis (25263 39256 39261 39262 39267 232517)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) A. konincki (76631)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. lecomptei (81747)