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Stephanastrea ramulifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Stephanastrea ramulifera was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia ramulifera by Koby (1885); it was recombined as Actinastrea ramulifera by Geyer (1955), Prinz (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. simonelliana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon and Thurmann p. 402 figs. pl. 57 fig. 2
1885Stephanocoenia ramulifera Koby
1955Actinastrea ramulifera Geyer
1991Actinastrea ramulifera Prinz
1996Stephanastrea ramulifera Morsch p. 675

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStephanastrea
speciesramulifera

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.

†Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 170.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina Actinastrea ramulifera (25416)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile Actinastrea ramulifera (58742 58743)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Actinastrea ramulifera (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Actinastrea ramulifera (31435)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Stephanocoenia ramulifera (93538)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21China (Xizang) Actinastrea ramulifera (80571)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (68588)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (34662 34663 67904 67905 67906 67908 67935)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Actinastrea ramulifera (34611 34612)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (68607 68608)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Actinastrea ramulifera (68220)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Spain Actinastrea ramulifera (34610)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (34665)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (7888)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Actinastrea ramulifera (34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (68239)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Actinastrea ramulifera (36533)