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Preverastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Preverastraea was named by Beauvais (1976). It is not extant. Its type is Aulastraeopora chelussi.

It was assigned to Aulastraeoporidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Heterocoeniidae by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Species
P. chelussi, P. coatlicuae, P. comalensis, P. diplothecata, P. felixi, P. infundibuliformis, P. isseli, P. marinosi, P. multistella, P. paronai, P. robusta, P. roveretoi, P. tocae
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. aptiana, P. stellata
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2003-09-17; modified by W. Kiessling on 2018-11-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Preverastraea Beauvais
2002Preverastraea Baron-Szabo
2021Preverastraea Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusPreverastraeaBeauvais 1976

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. †Preverastraea Beauvais 1976
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†Preverastraea chelussi Prever 1909
†Preverastraea coatlicuae Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
†Preverastraea diplothecata Hackemesser 1936
†Preverastraea felixi Hackemesser 1936
†Preverastraea isseli Prever 1909
†Preverastraea marinosi Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
†Preverastraea multistella Stoliczka 1873
†Preverastraea paronai Prever 1909
†Preverastraea robusta Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
†Preverastraea roveretoi Prever 1909
†Preverastraea tocae Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-16 12:54:00
Modified: 2008-02-16 14:54:00
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico P. paronai (21253)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece P. aptiana (34719)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Tanzania P. multistella (85356)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5China (Xizang) P. isseli (74275)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Connectastrea infundibuliformis (74767)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico P. felixi, P. roveretoi (21254)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece P. sp., P. felixi, P. diplothecata, P. isseli, P. marinosi, P. robusta (74811)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) P. coatlicuae (89854) P. coatlicuae, P. tocae (89855 89857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. isseli (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece P. stellata, P. infundibuliformis (203930)