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Khytrastrea ominensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae

Taxonomy
Montlivaltia ominensis was named by Okuda and Yamagiwa (1978). Its type specimen is OMNH M341 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wasabi Valley, Locality 1, which is in a Carnian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Japan.

It was recombined as Cuifia ominensis by Onoue and Stanley (2008); it was recombined as Khytrastrea ominensis by Stanley and Onoue (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Montlivaltia ominensis Okuda and Yamagiwa p. 300 figs. Pl 40, figs 1,2
2008Cuifia ominensis Onoue and Stanley p. 533 fig. 9b
2015Khytrastrea ominensis Stanley and Onoue p. 8 figs. 5a-k

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyCoryphylliidaeBeauvais 1980
genusKhytrastrea
speciesominensis(Okuda and Yamagiwa 1978)

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.

Khytrastrea ominensis Okuda and Yamagiwa 1978
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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: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan Montlivaltia ominensis (38133)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Japan Cuifia ominensis (165290) Khytrastrea ominensis (165293)