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Garateastrea bardanegrensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guembelastraeidae

Taxonomy
Garateastrea bardanegrensis was named by Morsch (1996). Its type locality is Barda Negra sud, Neuquen, Argentina, which is in a Bajocian marginal marine sandstone in the Lajas Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Garateastrea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Garateastrea bardanegrensis Morsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeofungiinaAlloiteau 1952
familyGuembelastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusGarateastrea
speciesbardanegrensis

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.

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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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina Garateastrea bardanegrensis (type locality: 25417)