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Carlinastraea

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Spongophyllidae

Taxonomy
Carlinastraea was named by Merriam (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spongophyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Carlinastraea Merriam
1981Carlinastraea Hill
2002Carlinastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familySpongophyllidaeDybowski 1873
genusCarlinastraeaMerriam 1976

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. †Carlinastraea Merriam 1976
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Carlinastraea callosa Zhen 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 419.20000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) C. halysitoides (36952 36954)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (Queensland) C. acanthus (40002 40003) C. sp. (40014)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Tajikistan C. halysitoides, C. originale (84334)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Australia (Queensland) C. callosa (106560)