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Aquitanastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Aquitanastraea was named by Chevalier (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant. Its type is Aquitanastraea piveteaui.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Kiessling (2003); and to Merulinidae by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Aquitanastraea Chevalier
2002Aquitanastraea Sepkoski
2003Aquitanastraea Kiessling
2021Aquitanastraea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusAquitanastraeaChevalier 1954

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. †Aquitanastraea Chevalier 1954
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†Aquitanastraea pachyformis Chevalier 1954
†Aquitanastraea piveteaui Chevalier 1954
†Aquitanastraea pruvosti Chevalier 1954
†Aquitanastraea tenuitabulata Chevalier 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Heliastrea incrustans (70067)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France A. pruvosti (70232) A. sp., A. piveteaui (70315) Heliastraea piveteaui, Heliastraea pruvosti (163837)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) A. piveteaui, A. pruvosti, A. pachyformis (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy A. guettardi, A. piveteaui, A. pruvosti, A. incrustans, A. tenuitabulata (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France A. piveteaui (70191) Heliastraea incrustans (151415) Heliastraea piveteaui, Heliastraea pruvosti, Heliastraea pachyformis (163838)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey A. sp. (62460)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Turkey A. sp. (62463 62464)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Heliastraea incrustans (163845)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco A. pruvosti (161391)