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Pironastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Pironastrea was named by d'Achiardi (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Mi-m]. Its type is Pironastrea discoides.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Siderastreidae by Wells (1956) and López-Pérez (2005).

Species
P. anguillensis, P. antiguensis, P. discoides (type species), P. lamellosa, P. sangkoelirangensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. indica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pironastrea d'Achiardi
1956Pironastrea Wells
2002Pironastrea Sepkoski
2005Pironastrea López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPironastread'Achiardi 1875

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. †Pironastrea d'Achiardi 1875
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†Pironastrea anguillensis Vaughan 1919
†Pironastrea antiguensis Vaughan 1919
†Pironastrea discoides d'Achiardi 1875
†Pironastrea lamellosa Chevalier 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) P. indica (11289)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) P. discoides (79282)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy P. discoides (75454)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina P. discoides (179746)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama P. sp. (7274)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica P. antiguensis (69724)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba P. antiguensis (71129)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica P. antiguensis (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico P. sp. (45404)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda P. antiguensis (203879)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) P. antiguensis (124537)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) P. antiguensis (31271)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla P. anguillensis (124703 179133 179134)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama P. anguillensis (120401 120402 120408 120409)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Comoseris sangkoelirangensis (108813)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia P. lamellosa (90042)