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Cardiastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Cardiastraea was named by Beauvais (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-u Sepkoski's reference number: 658,682]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Distichophylliinae by Beauvais (1986); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cardiastraea Beauvais
1986Cardiastraea Beauvais
2002Cardiastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
subfamilyDistichophylliinaeBeauvais 1980
genusCardiastraeaBeauvais 1978

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. †Cardiastraea Beauvais 1978
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Cardiastraea cristata Beauvais 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 09:54:23
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:54:23
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Beauvais 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Morocco C. cristata (33594 33617)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Morocco C. cristata (77228)