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Pruvostastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Pruvostastraea was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-l J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 820]. It is not extant. Its type is Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis.

It was assigned to Rhipidogyridae by Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aplosmiliidae by Lathuilière (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pruvostastraea Alloiteau
1979Tskhanarella Sikharulidze
1997Pruvostastraea Turnsek
2002Tskhanarella Baron-Szabo
2002Pruvostastraea Sepkoski
2002Tskanorella Sepkoski
2024Pruvostastraea Lathuilière

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusPruvostastraeaAlloiteau 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. †Pruvostastraea Alloiteau 1957
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Pruvostastraea crassisepta Sikharulidze 1979
Invalid names: Tskhanarella Sikharulidze 1979 [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: 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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Albian or 154.80000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal P. labyrinthiformis (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Tskhanarella sikharulidzeae (85936)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia P. labyrinthiformis (68690 68702)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal P. labyrinthiformis (68594)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France P. labyrinthiformis (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy P. labyrinthiformis (154046)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia P. labyrinthiformis (31285)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria P. sp. (151494)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) P. crassisepta (87081 87083 87084)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia Tskhanarella crassisepta (85430)