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Siderofungia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Siderofungia was named by Reiss (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: K u T Ol Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is not extant. Its type is Columnastraea bella.

It was assigned to Siderastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Siderofungia Reiss
2002Siderofungia Baron-Szabo
2002Siderofungia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderofungiaReiss 1889

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. †Siderofungia Reiss 1889
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†Siderofungia bella Reuss 1864
†Siderofungia morloti Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Siderofungia zelinskae Kuzmicheva 1975 [synonym]
†Siderofungia zitteli Felix 1891
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 Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 139.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary S. irregularis (25151)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Venezuela Periseris irregularis (90535)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) S. zitteli, Thamnoseris irregularis (89865)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Siderastrea irregularis (74799)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Uzbekistan S. irregularis (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Venezuela (State of Sucre) Periseris irregularis (78595)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico (Michoacan) S. irregularis (89844 89846)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (60375)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) S. irregularis (74763 74764)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) S. sp. (74192)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. bella (27647)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Siderastrea morloti (11289)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) S. sp. (180311 180312 214758 214760 214762 214765 214767)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy S. eocenica (227866)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy S. eocenica, S. forojuliensis, Siderastrea morloti (75454)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Czech Republic S. bella (69514)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Siderastrea morloti, Siderastrea bella (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine S. zelinskae (77068)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) S. zelinskae (86682)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy Siderastrea morloti (69969)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Spain S. bella (92084)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Siderastrea morloti (69940)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Siderastrea morloti (85566)