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Palaeastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Palaeastraea was named by Kühn (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coryphylliinae by Roniewicz (1989); to Distichophylliidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Palaeastraea Kühn
1989Palaeastraea Roniewicz
1997Palaeastraea Turnsek
2002Palaeastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
subfamilyCoryphylliinaeBeauvais 1981
genusPalaeastraeaKühn 1936

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. †Palaeastraea Kühn 1936
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†Palaeastraea mandrakiensis Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994
†Palaeastraea subincrassata Krumbeck 1913
Invalid names: Palaeastraea Kühn 1936 [objective synonym]
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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Rhaetian or 233.60000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) P. sp. (36691)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece P. mandrakiensis (38018)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Indonesia (Maluku) Phyllocoenia subincrassata (204327)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Nevada) P. sp. (100441)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (California) Confusastrea grandissima (33355)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) P. sp. (87228)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Alaska) P. borealis, P. descussata (100531) P. descussata (100530)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Russian Federation (Primorye) P. alnigmata (141064)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Nevada) P. descussata (100435)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Slovenia P. grandissima (36565)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Chile P. grandissima (34637)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Retiophyllia cyathophylloides (36869)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) P. sp. (38377)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan P. grandissima (34647)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) P. alnigmata (36693 87226 87236)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy (Sicily) P. sp. (36454)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Russian Federation P. granulata (40409)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria P. grandissima (25261 36815 58093)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Tajikistan P. iljinae (138590)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy P. grandissima (27537)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria P. grandissima (36801 36807)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Slovenia P. grandissima (36572)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Calcareous Alps) P. grandissima (38145) P. grandissima, P. cyathophylloides (38141 38144)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy (Lombardy) P. grandissima (38123 38124)