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Polyastropsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Polyastropsis was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thamnasteriidae by Baron-Szabo and González-León (1999); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Polyastropsis Alloiteau
1999Polyastropsis Baron-Szabo and González-León p. 486
2002Polyastropsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPolyastropsisAlloiteau 1957

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. †Polyastropsis Alloiteau 1957
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Polyastropsis bouri de Fromentel 1862
Polyastropsis marcoui Koby 1887
Polyastropsis subplana Previer 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 170.90000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France (Franche-Comte) P. marcoui (86633)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Franche-Comte) P. bouri (93083)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain P. sp. (74894)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain P. sp. (23537)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece P. subplana (203930 204533)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Thalamocaeniopsis sp. (160830)