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Convexastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Convexastrea was named by d'Orbigny (1849). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stylinidae by Bendukidze (1949), Lauxmann (1991); and to Scleractinia by Geyer (1955), Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Convexastrea d'Orbigny
1949Convexastraea Bendukidze p. 66
1955Convexastrea Geyer
1991Convexastrea Lauxmann
2002Convexastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusConvexastread'Orbigny 1849

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. †Convexastrea d'Orbigny 1849
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†Convexastraea dendroidea de Fromentel 1861
†Convexastrea ornata d'Orbigny 1850
†Convexastrea portlandica de Fromentel 1856
†Convexastrea weaveri Gerth 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Valanginian or 170.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina C. weaveri (25416)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) C. sp. (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal C. sp. (68620)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal C. abadiensis (34660)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal C. sp. (68242)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (34398)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) C. orientalis (91380 91381 91382)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Chile (Coquimbo) C. sp. (221738)