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Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea turonensis was named by Michelin (1847).

It was recombined as Solenastrea turonensis by d'Orbigny (1852); it was recombined as Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis by Chevalier (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Astrea turonensis Michelin
1852Solenastrea turonensis d'Orbigny
1961Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyColumastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusPalaeoplesiastraea
speciesturonensis(Michelin 1847)

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 Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Cyphastrea turonensis (25257)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Solenastrea turonensis (79595)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis (70511)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis (161338 161390 161391)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Solenastrea turonensis (70666)