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Meandriidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandriidae

Taxonomy
Meandriidae was named by Alloiteau (1952).

It was assigned to Meandriina by Turnsek (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Meandriidae Alloiteau
1997Meandriidae Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familyMeandriidaeAlloiteau 1952
familyMeandriidaeAlloiteau 1952

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. †Meandriidae Alloiteau 1952
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G. †Thamnocoenia Tommes 1885
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†Thamnocoenia oolitica Tomes 1885
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 Bathonian to the top of the Bartonian or 168.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom Thamnocoenia oolitica (161873)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Sinuosiphyllia macrogyra (34480 34481)