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Amphiastrea
Taxonomy
Amphiastrea was named by Étallon (1859). It is the type genus of Amphiastreidae.
It was corrected as Amphiastraea by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Amphiastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Amphiastraeidae by Kiessling (2003), Löser (2010).
It was corrected as Amphiastraea by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Amphiastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Amphiastraeidae by Kiessling (2003), Löser (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Amphiastrea Étallon 1859
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†Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich 1926
†Amphiastrea basaltiformis Étallon 1859
†Amphiastrea cylindrica Ogilvie 1897
†Amphiastrea fallax Eliasova 1975
†Amphiastrea gibberosa Gregory 1925
†Amphiastrea gracilis Koby 1888
†Amphiastrea kamoensis Eguchi 1951
†Amphiastrea monosepta Liao and Xia 1985
†Amphiastrea paronai Prever 1909
†Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900
†Amphiastrea yabei Eguchi 1951
Invalid names: Connectastrea Koby 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Cenomanian or 170.90000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (93 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bajocian | India | Amphiastraea piriformis (68387) | |
| Bathonian - Middle Callovian | Iran (Tabas Area) | Amphiastraea piriformis (41410 41414) | |
| Callovian | Tunisia | Connectastrea grandiflora, Connectastrea piriformis (36661 36665 36666) Connectastrea piriformis (36660 36663) | |
| Callovian | Somalia | A. piriformis (100378 100387) | |
| Callovian | India | Amphiastraea piriformis (67394 68556) A. piriformis (67395) | |
| Callovian | India (Kachchh) | A. piriformis (24047) | |
| Callovian | Tunisia (Taţāwīn) | Amphiastraea piriformis (83347 83348 83349) | |
| Callovian | Ethiopia | Goniastrea favulus (93490) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | India | Amphiastraea piriformis (68598 68601) | |
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | Amphiastrea indet. (13585) | |
| Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | Tunisia | A. sp. (13514) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Somalia | A. gibberosa (92962 93020) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | Amphiastrea indet. (13811 13858 13900 13904) | |
| Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Iran (Tabas Area) | A. piriformis (41417) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Iran (Tabas Area) | Amphiastraea piriformis (41422 41423) | |
| Oxfordian | Ethiopia | Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae (93540) | |
| Oxfordian | Somalia | A. piriformis (100370) | |
| Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Slovenia | A. sp. (39809) | |
| Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Ethiopia | Goniastrea favulus (93538) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | Portugal | A. piriformis (8515) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Ethiopia | A. basaltiformis (94320) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France | A. sp. (44514) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Russian Federation (Adygeya) | A. gracilis (90019) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Portugal | A. basaltiformis (68590) A. piriformis (68589 68610) A. sp. (68620) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Georgia | A. gracilis (90018) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Slovenia | Amphiastraea basaltiformis (68690) Amphiastraea piriformis (68702) A. basaltiformis (68703) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Spain | A. piriformis (34611 34625) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Portugal | A. basaltiformis (68594) A. piriformis (68586) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Portugal | A. piriformis (8672 68602) | |
| Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Connectastrea sp. (42343) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Kenya | Thamnoseris gibberosa (161832) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Portugal | A. piriformis (34665) Connectastrea piriformis (68236) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France | A. basaltiformis (68510) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Italy | A. basaltiformis (154046) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) | Amphiastraea basaltiformis (89994) | |
| Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian | Czechia | A. basaltiformis (31285) | |
| Tithonian | Portugal | A. gregoryi, A. piriformis (68239) A. piriformis (68238) | |
| Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Poland | A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (151545) | |
| Tithonian - Berriasian | Japan (Kochi) | A. kamoensis (91380) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Czechia | A. basaltiformis (36540) A. basaltiformis, A. cylindrica, A. gracilis, A. fallax (36533) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Poland | Amphiastraea basaltiformis (64117) | |
| Berriasian - Valanginian | China (Xizang) | A. monosepta (74251 80569) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian | Spain | A. basaltiformis (69144) | |
| Valanginian | Spain | A. woodiae, A. sp., A. basaltiformis (220703) | |
| Valanginian | Ukraine | A. aethiopica (77072) | |
| Hauterivian | Georgia | A. gracilis (67511) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Bulgaria | A. sp. (151443) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | France (Drôme) | A. sp. (177726) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Mexico | A. aethiopica (21253) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Greece | A. minima, A. aethiopica (34719) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Italy | A. paronai (138317) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Mexico (Michoacan) | A. aethiopica (89846) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Romania | Amphiastraea sp. (69202) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Poland | A. sp. (69200) | |
| Aptian | Iran | Connectastrea spp. (234261) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Japan | A. yabei (26197) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Tanzania | A. paronai (85349 85356) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Japan (Iwate) | Amphiastraea sp. (91324 91328) A. regularis (91326) A. yabei (91323) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Mexico (Sonora) | A. aethiopica (35101) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Mexico | A. aethiopica (21254) | |
| Cenomanian | Serbia | Amphiastraea paronai (79218) |