Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Melikerona parva

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea parva was named by Gregory (1900).

It was recombined as Melikerona parva by Alloiteau (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Isastrea parva Gregory
1958Melikerona parva Alloiteau

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familyDendrogyriidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMelikerona
speciesparva(Gregory 1900)

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.

†Melikerona parva Gregory 1900
show all | hide all
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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 167.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) Melikerona parva (38191)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Melikerona parva (86479)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) Isastrea parva (83349)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Melikerona parva (36661 36665)