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Ogilviastraea richardsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Placohelia richardsi was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Santa Fe railroad quarry, Belton, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Comanche Peak Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Ogilviastraea richardsi by Cairns (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Placohelia richardsi Wells
1991Ogilviastraea richardsi Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusOgilviastraeaOppenheim 1930
speciesrichardsi()

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: 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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Placohelia richardsi (type locality: 123329 123339)