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Montastrea imperatoris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella imperatoris was named by Vaughan (1919). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Vaughn Station 601 - Empire [Emperador Limestone], which is in an Aquitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Montastrea imperatoris by Wells (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Orbicella imperatoris Vaughan
1956Montastrea imperatoris Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesimperatoris()

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.

†Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Serravallian or 28.40000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Montastrea imperatoris (87067)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Montastrea imperatoris (60251 60255 60259 60261 60262 60264 93242) Orbicella imperatoris (type locality: 124533)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Colombia Orbicella imperatoris (201401)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela Montastrea imperatoris (87050 87097)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Orbicella imperatoris (124676)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Montastrea imperatoris (73793)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia Orbicella imperatoris (201165)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla Montastrea imperatoris (22971 22972 22973) Orbicella imperatoris (135460 179133)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Montastrea imperatoris (73640)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Montastrea imperatoris (120398 120399 120400 120401 120402 120403 120405 120406 120409 120410)