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Montastrea laurae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastrea laurae was named by Squires and Demetrion (1992). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1220a [Bateque Fm], which is in a Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/reef rocks in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Montastrea laurae Squires and Demetrion p. 20 figs. Figures 37, 38
2005Montastrea laurae López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
specieslaurae

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.

†Montastrea laurae Squires and Demetrion 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available