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Elysastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy

Elysastraea was named by Laube (1865). Its type is Elysastraea fischeri.

It was assigned to Montlivaltiinae by Wells (1956); to Montlivaltiidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Elyastraea juliana, Elyastraea major, Elyastraea profunda, E. fischeri (type species), E. oligocystis, E. parvula, E. profunda

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. austriaca, E. norica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Elysastraea Laube
1956	Elysastraea Wells
1997	Elyastraea Turnsek
2002	Elyastraea Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Montlivaltiidae	Dietrich 1926
subfamily	Montlivaltiinae	Dietrich 1926
genus	Elysastraea

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.

G. †Elysastraea Laube 1865

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†Elyastraea juliana Turnsek and Ramovs 1987

†Elyastraea major Frech 1890

†Elyastraea profunda Reuss 1854

†Elysastraea fischeri Laube 1865

†Elysastraea oligocystis Frech 1890

†Elysastraea parvula Ogilvie Gordon 1927

†Elysastraea profunda Reuss 1854

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 Ladinian to the top of the Jamesoni or 242.00000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian	247.2 - 235.0	Italy (South Tyrol)	E. parvula (205128)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	USA (Nevada)	E. sp. A (100454)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Tajikistan	E. fischeri (81064) E. haueri (75610)
Carnian	237.0 - 228.0	Japan	E. sp. (34883)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 208.5	USA (Oregon)	E. sp. (41468)
Tuvalian	232.0 - 221.5	Canada (British Columbia)	E. sp. (67003)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	USA (Oregon)	E. profunda (100506 100512 100513)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	USA (Nevada)	E. austriaca, E. norica, E. profunda (100391) E. profunda (100423) E. sp. (100394 100395 100418 100420 100435)
Norian - Rhaetian	228.0 - 201.3	USA (Idaho)	E. vancouverensis, E. profunda (99505)
Lacian	221.5 - 215.56	Turkey (Anatolia)	E. profunda (38047)
Lacian	221.5 - 215.56	USA (Alaska)	E. profunda (100530 100531) E. sp. (100529)
Lacian	221.5 - 215.56	USA (Nevada)	E. austriaca, E. norica, E. profunda (100412) E. sp. (100441)
Sevatian	212.0 - 205.6	USA (Alaska)	E. sp. (97816)
Sevatian	212.0 - 205.6	Austria	E. sp. (25261 58093)
Sevatian	212.0 - 205.6	Slovenia	E. juliana (68765)
Rhaetian	208.5 - 201.3	USA (Alaska)	E. sp. (100533 100535) E. vancouverensis, E. profunda (100532)
Rhaetian	208.5 - 201.3	Canada (British Columbia)	E. rancouverensis, E. profunda (100474) E. vancouverensis, E. profunda (100468)
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.3 - 190.8	Tajikistan	Elysastrea sp. (151314)
Jamesoni	189.6 - 183.0	United Kingdom	E. hebridensis (42211)