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Diploastraea crassicostata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Diploastraea crassicostata was named by Morycowa and Masse (1998). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Les Glacieres, Veaux, Massif du Ventoux, Provence, which is in an Aptian marine limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Diploastraea crassicostata Morycowa and Masse

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastraeaMatthai 1914
speciescrassicostata

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.

†Diploastraea crassicostata Morycowa and Masse 1998
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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: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Diploastraea crassicostata (type locality: 64082)