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Garateastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guembelastraeidae

Taxonomy
Garateastrea was named by Morsch (1996). Its type is Garateastrea bardanegrensis.

It was assigned to Guembelastraeidae by Morsch (1996).

Species
G. bardanegrensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Garateastrea Morsch pp. 683-686

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderArchaeofungiinaAlloiteau 1952
familyGuembelastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusGarateastrea

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. †Garateastrea Morsch 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina G. bardanegrensis (25417)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) G. sp. (98351)