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Synastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Synastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
2002Synastrea Baron-Szabo
2002Synastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySynastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusSynastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. †Synastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Synastrea agaricites Goldfuss 1826
†Synastrea bellula d'Orbigny 1850
†Synastrea delemontana Koby 1887
†Synastrea dubia de Fromentel 1861
†Synastrea foliacea Quenstedt 1852
†Synastrea garumnica Vidal 1921
†Synastrea geometrica Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Synastrea subflabellata Alloiteau 1951 [synonym]
†Synastrea microsolenoides Roniewicz 2008
†Synastrea parallela Reuss 1846
†Synastrea procera Reuss 1854
†Synastrea subagaricites Becker 1875
†Synastrea subconica Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977
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 07:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 190.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain (Murcia) S. walfordi (38080)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Italy S. sp. (68352)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Thailand Kobyastraea subagaricites (79542)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland S. delemontana (93153)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) S. dubia, S. delemontana (93102)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia S. delemontana (28064)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia S. dubia (68694) S. subagaricites (68684)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal S. dubia, S. subagaricites (68590)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) S. subagaricites (68220)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Bulgaria (Pernik) S. microsolenoides (87061)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal S. dubia, S. foliacea (68600) S. subagaricites (68585)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany S. sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. foliacea (23904 34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic S. pseudarachnoides (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Tunisia S. subconica (79219)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Bulgaria S. sp. (151494)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Kenya Astraeofungia mombassana (85379)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari) S. sp. (233111)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) S. microsolenoides (87078 87084)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary S. bellula (25151)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia S. bellula (89974)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) S. agaricites (89865)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain S. sp. (67606)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) S. bellula (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece S. dubia, Dimorphastrea parallela (34719)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) S. pinnata, S. columellaris, S. magna (87797)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain S. sp. (23537)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece S. sp. (203930 204527 204528)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) S. sp. (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Dimorphastrea parallela (34737 35105 35106 35134 35138 35162)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Slovakia S. carinata, S. sp. (87241)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany S. sp. (160830)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Thamnastraea agaricites (91628) Thamnastraea procera (91629)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Dimorphastrea parallela (35144)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Dimorphastrea parallela (35143)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Bulgaria Synastraea granifera (67563)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria S. agaricites (27296)
Middle Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Greece S. sp. (64253)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany S. agaricites (74484 74485)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria S. procera (74895)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia S. procera (11410)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria S. agaricites, S. procera (67575)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Toliara) S. subflabellata (86518)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico S. agaricites (74810)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Cataluna) Thamnastraea garumnica (88323)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. agaricites (27650) S. agaricites, S. garumnica (27651)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. garumnica (27646)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) S. geometrica (85271 85272)