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Budaia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Budaia was named by Wells (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: K l K Ceno]. Its type is Budaia travisensis.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Budaia Wells
1956Budaia Wells
2002Budaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusBudaia

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. †Budaia Wells 1933
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Budaia felixi Wells 1944
Budaia qiekanensis He and Xiao 1990
Budaia travisensis Wells 1933
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) B. qiekanensis (74258)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain B. travisensis (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Venezuela (State of Sucre) B. felixi (78595)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) B. lovejoyi (35099)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) B. travisensis (123261 123262 123263 123318)