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Margarastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Margarastraea was named by Frech (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Tr Nori-u].

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Margarastraea Frech
1956Margarastraea Wells
2002Margarastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusMargarastraeaFrech 1896

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. †Margarastraea Frech 1896
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Margarastraea pulchra Montanaro-Gallitelli et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Sinemurian or 237.00000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy M. klipsteini (34691)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (67003)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Alaska) M. eucystis (100531)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Oregon) M. pulchra (38055 85525)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria M. sp. (58093)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Alaska) M. granissima (100532)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Peru (Arequipa region) M. jenski (38079)