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Monticulastraea insignis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Monticulastraea insignis was named by Duncan (1880). It is not extant. Its type locality is Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.

It was recombined as Hydnophora insignis by Bosellini et al. (1987).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Monticulastraea elongata Duncan
1880Monticulastraea inaequalis Duncan
1880Monticulastraea insignis Duncan
1987Hydnophora insignis Bosellini et al.
1999Hydnophora inaequalis Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusMonticulastraeaDuncan 1880
speciesinsignisDuncan 1880

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.

†Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Monticulastraea elongata Duncan 1880 [synonym], Monticulastraea inaequalis Duncan 1880 [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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 83.60000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) Monticulastraea insignis (233113)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Monticulastraea insignis (206409 206411)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Monticulastraea insignis (12766)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Monticulastraea insignis (67456)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) Monticulastraea insignis (233247)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Yazd) Monticulastraea insignis (233246)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Hydnophora insignis (145130)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indonesia Monticulastraea insignis (71057)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran Hydnophora inaequalis (41076)
Chattian - Burdigalian27.3 - 15.98Somalia Hydnophora insignis (71068)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Iran Hydnophora insignis (25254)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) Monticulastraea insignis, Monticulastraea inaequalis, Monticulastraea elongata (type locality: 11292)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Hydnophora insignis (25257)