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Stelidioseris minima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia minima was named by Fromentel (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MMH locality Su 123, which is in a Barremian marine limestone in the Barranquín Formation of Venezuela.

It was recombined as Actinastrea minima by Morycowa (1964); it was recombined as Stelidioseris minima by Löser et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Astrocoenia minima Fromentel p. 574
1857Astrocoenia minima de Fromentel
1964Actinastrea minima Morycowa
2013Stelidioseris minima Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStelidioserisTomes 1893
speciesminima(Fromentel 1857)

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.

Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
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: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Aptian or 196.50000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) Actinastrea minima (21251)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Mexico (Chihuahua) Actinastrea crassoramosa (11287)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Jamaica (Saint Catherine) Actinastrea minima (89647)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria (Lovech) Actinastrea minima (91681)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Actinastrea minima (64072)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Venezuela Astrocoenia minima (type locality: 90534)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Actinastrea minima (67122 67123 67124)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Astrocoenia minima (76998)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) Actinastrea minima (74254)