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Elysastraea parvula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Elysastraea parvula was named by Ogilvie Gordon (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seura Piciulei (Buchenstein Fm.), which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian marine horizon in the Buchenstein Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Elysastraea parvula Ogilvie Gordon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusElysastraea
speciesparvula

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.

Elysastraea parvula Ogilvie Gordon 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Italy (South Tyrol) Elysastraea parvula (type locality: 205128)