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Meandrastrea antiqua

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophyllia antiqua was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mycetophyllopsis antiqua by Oppenheim (1930); it was recombined as Meandrastrea antiqua by Beauvais (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Mycetophyllia antiqua Reuss
1930Mycetophyllopsis antiqua Oppenheim
1982Meandrastrea antiqua Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusMeandrastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesantiqua(Reuss 1854)

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.

Meandrastrea antiqua Reuss 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Mycetophyllia antiqua (91628)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greece Mycetophyllopsis antiqua (64293)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Mycetophyllopsis antiqua (11410)