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Orionastraea

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Orionastraea was named by Smith (1917) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 163]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithostrotionidae by Hill (1956); to Lithostrotioninae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Orionastraea Smith
1956Orionastraea Hill
1981Orionastraea Hill
2002Orionastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyLithostrotioninaed'Orbigny 1852
genusOrionastraeaSmith 1917

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. †Orionastraea Smith 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 335.90000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) O. columellaris (40008) O. columnare, O. flemingi, O. wilkinsoni (40009) O. parvicolumnare (40010)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Japan (Okayama-ken) O. columellaris (79495)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) O. garwoodi (73420) O. indivisa, O. prerete (73399)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) O. parvicolumnare (24197)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China O. huaitoutalaensis (234676)