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Paraclausastrea pulchra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Paraclausastrea pulchra was named by Morycowa and Masse (1998). It is not extant. Its type locality is Les Renguieres, Monieux, Massif de Vaucluse, Provence, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Paraclausastrea pulchra Morycowa and Masse

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusParaclausastreaZlatarski 1968
speciespulchra

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.

Paraclausastrea pulchra Morycowa and Masse 1998
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.45000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46France Paraclausastrea pulchra (type locality: 64079)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46France Paraclausastrea pulchra (64077)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Paraclausastrea pulchra (83393)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran Paraclausastrea pulchra (31651)