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Clausastrea alloiteaui

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Clausastrea alloiteaui was named by Morycowa (1964). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Jastrzebia, Grodziszcze Beds, Carpathians, which is in a Barremian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/conglomerate in the Grodziszcze Formation of Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Clausastrea alloiteaui Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusClausastread'Orbigny 1850
speciesalloiteaui

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.

Clausastrea alloiteaui Morycowa 1964
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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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Clausastrea alloiteaui (36533)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Clausastrea alloiteaui (67511 89974)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46France Clausastrea alloiteaui (64079)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Clausastrea alloiteaui (64118 type locality: 67122 67123)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Clausastrea alloiteaui (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Poland Clausastrea alloiteaui (69200)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Clausastrea alloiteaui (64081)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Bulgaria Clausastrea alloiteaui (179686)