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Eosiderastrea cuyleri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Siderastrea cuyleri was named by Wells (1932). Its type locality is Cow Creek near Travis Peak Post Office, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone in the Travis Peak Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Eosiderastrea.

It was recombined as Eosiderastrea cuyleri by Löser (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Siderastrea cuyleri Wells
2016Eosiderastrea cuyleri Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusEosiderastrea
speciescuyleri()

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.

Eosiderastrea cuyleri Wells 1932
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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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Albian or 129.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Siderastrea cuyleri (67122 67123)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Siderastrea cuyleri (type locality: 74766)