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Paleoastroides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Paleoastroides was named by Chevalier (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Chevalier (1961); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Paleoastroides Chevalier
2002Paleoastroides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusPaleoastroides

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. †Paleoastroides Chevalier 1961
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Paleoastroides dehmi Kühn 1965
Paleoastroides provincialis Chevalier 1961
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 Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France P. theotvoldensis, P. provincialis (163836)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France P. provincialis (70315) P. subirregularis (163837)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France P. subirregularis (70191 163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy P. subirregularis (70450)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France P. subirregularis (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Bayern) P. dehmi (123151)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France P. michelini (163846)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France P. subirregularis (163845)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333France P. theotvoldensis (163847)