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Diploria zambensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Diploria zambensis was named by Budd and Johnson (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16859 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Miocene/Pliocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusDiploriaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieszambensis

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.

Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Diploria zambensis (27584)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Diploria zambensis (84978 93719)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Diploria zambensis (120360 120391)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Diploria zambensis (93718 94095)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Diploria zambensis (93735 93737 93792 94004)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Diploria zambensis (124265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic Diploria zambensis (93793)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Diploria zambensis (120287)