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Guembelastraea kanmerae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae

Taxonomy
Guembelastraea kanmerae was named by Stanley and Onoue (2015). Its type specimen is UMIP 14401 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MO-06, Motoidani, Itsuki Area, which is in a Carnian/Norian marine volcaniclastic in Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Guembelastraea kanmerae Stanley and Onoue p. 17 figs. 11a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyTropiastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusGuembelastraeaCuif 1976
specieskanmerae

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.

Guembelastraea kanmerae Stanley and Onoue 2015
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Japan Guembelastraea kanmerae (type locality: 59262)