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Palaeosiderofungia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosiderofungia was named by Löser (2016). Its type is Thamnastraea exigua.

It was assigned to Siderastreidae by Löser (2016).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Palaeosiderofungia Löser

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

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.

G. †Palaeosiderofungia Löser 2016
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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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 125.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Fungiastraea exigua (74894)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Fungiastraea exigua (69201)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Siderofungia zitteli (94265)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Slovakia Synastrea exigua (87243)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Styria) Fungiastraea exigua (25482)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Fungiastraea exigua (24266)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Fungiastraea exigua (74895)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia Synastrea exigua (88191)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Fungiastraea exigua (67084)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Fungiastraea exigua (27647)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Fungiastraea exigua (27648)