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Guembelastraeidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guembelastraeidae

Taxonomy
Guembelastraeidae was named by Cuif (1977). Its type is Guembelastraea.

It was assigned to Fungiina by Morsch (1996); and to Archaeofungiina by Turnsek (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Guembelastraeidae Cuif
1996Guembelastraeidae Morsch p. 683
1997Gumbelastraeidae Turnsek

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

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.

Fm. †Guembelastraeidae Cuif 1977
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G. †Garateastrea Morsch 1996
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G. †Stuoresia Cuif 1976
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†Stuoresia bronni Klipstein 1843
†Stuoresia fluegeli Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994
†Stuoresia libratoseptata Melnikova and Bychkov 1986
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 Julian to the top of the Oxfordian or 237.00000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Isastrea bronni (34691)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Stuoresia bronni (36558)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Oman Stuoresia fluegeli (49417)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Oman Stuoresia bronni (24309)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Isastrea bronni (38166)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Slovenia Stuoresia bronni (67806)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Greece Stuoresia sp. (56714)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Stuoresia fluegeli (38018)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Oregon) Stuoresia libratosepta (38055)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Russian Federation Stuoresia libratoseptata (40409)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina Garateastrea bardanegrensis (25417)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) Garateastrea sp. (98351)