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Wilsonastraea parva

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Taxonomy
Heritschioides (Eoheritschioides) parvum was named by Stevens (1967). Its type specimen is UCMP 27312 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S-4, Fortification Range, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Arcturus Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Wilsonastraea parva by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Heritschioides (Eoheritschioides) parvum Stevens p. 430 figs. Pl 53, fig 1
1982Heritschioides rowetti Wilson p. 35 figs. 23d, 24a-c
2007Wilsonastraea parva Fedorowski et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyKleopatrinidae
genusWilsonastraea
speciesparva()

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.

Wilsonastraea parva Stevens 1967
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Invalid names: Heritschioides rowetti Wilson 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (California) Heritschioides rowetti (62673)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Heritschioides parvum (type locality: 118794) Wilsonastraea parva (107987)