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Complexastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Complexastraea D'Orbigny p. 10
1985Complexastraeopsis Sikharulidze
1990Complexastrea Errenst p. 190
2002Complexastrea Baron-Szabo
2002Complexastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeFelix 1900
genusComplexastrea()

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. †Complexastrea D'Orbigny 1849
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†Complexastraea sobkoviensis Roniewicz 1960
†Complexastrea carpathica Morycowa 1974
†Complexastrea conybearei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Complexastrea coronata Sikharulidze 1985
†Complexastrea cotteaui d'Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Isastrea conybearii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
†Complexastrea dabroviensis Morycowa 2012
†Complexastrea dobroljubovae Bendukidze 1982
†Complexastrea kachensis Gregory 1900
†Complexastrea kobyi Beauvais 1966
†Complexastrea magna Morycowa 2012
†Complexastrea major Meyer 1888
†Complexastrea multisepta Stoliczka 1873
†Complexastrea ngariensis He and Xiao 1990
†Complexastrea seriata Turnsek 1972
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Invalid names: Complexastrea lobata Geyer 1965 [synonym]
†Complexastrea thevenini Étallon 1859
†Complexastrea zolleriana Quenstedt 1858
Invalid names: Complexastraeopsis Sikharulidze 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 170.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Iran (Tabas Area) C. zolleriana (41398)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Bourgogne) C. zolleriana (38565 38566 38567 38569)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Chile C. hemisphaerica (34631)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Franche Comté) C. zolleriana (38576 38580)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France C. zolleriana (21269 66949 66950 66952)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Lorraine) C. zolleriana (38550 38557 38561)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Mâconnais) C. zolleriana (38582)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland C. kobyi, C. cotteaui (162373) C. sp., C. major, C. conybearei (162347)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France C. sp. (34714)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia C. sp., C. carpathica (60237)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Chile C. hemisphaerica (58739)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) C. kachensis (24050)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) C. zolleriana (41416)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran C. sp. (67979)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Georgia C. lobata (85937)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany C. sp. (31433)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France C. sp. (220889 220893)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) C. hemisphaerica (93114)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21Slovenia C. sp. (39809)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Xizang) C. kachensis (85960)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland C. carinata, C. sobkovensis (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France C. sp. (44513)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Adygeya) C. lobata, C. dobroljubovae (90019)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Complexastraea rustica (78420)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Morocco (Souss-Massa-Draa) C. sp. (85540)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia C. lobata, C. seriata (68690 68698)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) C. lobata (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland C. thevenini (68368 68369)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain C. lobata, C. thevenini (34611)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland C. magna (133388)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Poland Complexastraeopsis lobata (21268)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. thevenini, C. hemisphaerica (23904)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Serbia (Serbia) Complexastraea sobkoviensis (57149)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland C. dabroviensis (133384)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Complexastraeopsis lobata, C. carpathica (64116)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Complexastraeopsis lobata, C. carpathica (36533)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Bulgaria (Pernik) C. thevenini (87068)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria C. sp. (151494)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria C. seriata (192214)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Switzerland C. lobata, C. seriata (192209)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) C. zolleriana (233521)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Jamaica (Saint Catherine) C. sp. (89647)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Complexastraeopsis coronata (67511)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany C. seriata (25535 221477)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Austria C. lobata (221478)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) C. ngariensis (74263)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Complexastraea seriata (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Murcia) C. sp. (154981)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain C. nobilis (82690) C. nobilis, C. multisepta (82694) C. nobilis, C. sp., C. multisepta (82693) C. sp. (132351 132377)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) C. lobata (83416)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5China (Xizang) C. lobata (74275)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece C. sp. (203927)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria C. seriata (24266)