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Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella eggenburgensis was named by Kühn (1925).

It was recombined as Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis by Chevalier (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Orbicella eggenburgensis Kühn
1961Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusTarbellastraeaAlloiteau 1950
specieseggenburgensis(Kühn 1925)

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Libya Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (34498)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62Libya Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (34499)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Khuzestan) Orbicella eggenburgensis (87127)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (70191)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (124261)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (70415)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (70318)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (163845)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (60774 60775)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Libya Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (34500)