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Paleoastroides subirregularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophyllia subirregularis was named by Osasco (1897). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Paleoastroides subirregularis by Chaix and Saint Martin (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Dendrophyllia subirregularis Osasco
2008Paleoastroides subirregularis Chaix and Saint Martin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusPaleoastroides
speciessubirregularis(Osasco 1897)

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: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Paleoastroides subirregularis (163837)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Paleoastroides subirregularis (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Paleoastroides subirregularis (70191 163838)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Paleoastroides subirregularis (70312)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Paleoastroides subirregularis (163845)