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Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis 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 Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis by Cairns (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis Wells
1991Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesfredericksburgensis()

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: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, 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) Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis (123308 type locality: 123329)