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Aspidastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Aspidastraea was named by Kühn (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn]. It is not extant. Its type is Aspidastraea orientalis.

It was assigned to Cyclolitidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. clathrata, A. orientalis (type species), A. semhae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Aspidastraea Kühn
1956Aspidastraea Wells
2002Aspidastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyCyclolitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusAspidastraea

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. †Aspidastraea Kühn 1933
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†Aspidastraea clathrata Goldfuss 1826
†Aspidastraea semhae Kossmat 1907
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 Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Iran (Fars) A. orientalis (233243)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Armenia A. orientalis (86681)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria A. orientalis (74895)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman A. sp. (151655)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates A. orientalis (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman A. orientalis (206409 206411) A. semhae (206438) A. sp., A. orientalis (151653)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Synastrea clathrata (85270 85271 85272)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran A. orientalis (87113)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman A. sp. (151618 151619)