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Leptastrea hertleini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae

Taxonomy
Leptastrea hertleini was named by Durham (1942). Its type specimen is CAS 5911 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 1692, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Leptastrea hertleini Durham p. 507 figs. Plate 44, figs. 1, 4, 5
2005Leptastrea hertleini López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLeptastreidaeRowlett 2020
genusLeptastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieshertleini

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.

Leptastrea hertleini Durham 1942
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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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Ypresian or 48.60000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Leptastrea hertleini (5544)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Leptastrea hertleini (type locality: 7740)