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Agaricia dominicensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Agaricia dominicensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 7778 Rio Gurabo, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan
1974Agaricia dominicensis De Buisonjé p. 220 figs. Pl 1, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusAgariciaLamarck 1801
speciesdominicensis

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.

Agaricia dominicensis 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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Agaricia dominicensis (124722)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Agaricia dominicensis (209181 209182 209192)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Agaricia dominicensis (93642)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Agaricia dominicensis (66809 66810)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic Agaricia dominicensis (type locality: 124702)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Agaricia dominicensis (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Cuba Agaricia dominicensis (71135)