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Rhaetiastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae

Taxonomy
Rhaetiastraea was named by Roniewicz (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant. Its type is Rhaetiastraea tatrica.

It was assigned to Pamiroseriidae by Stanley and jr and Whalen (1989); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
R. tatrica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Rhaetiastraea Roniewicz
1989Rhaetiastraea Stanley, jr. and Whalen
2002Rhaetiastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPamiroseriidaeMelnikova 1984
genusRhaetiastraea

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. †Rhaetiastraea Roniewicz 1974
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Rhaetiastraea tatrica Roniewicz 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 11:03:11
Modified: 2008-02-10 13:03:11
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008, Morycowa 1988

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Liasicus or 208.50000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) R. sp. (36693)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Russian Federation R. sp. (40406)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia R. tatrica (42542)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Poland R. tatrica (85421 85422)
Planorbis - Liasicus201.3 - 196.5France R. sp. (90243)