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Palastraea

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Palastraea was named by McCoy (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Palastraea McCoy
1981Palastraea Hill
2002Palastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderAulophyllina
familyPalaeosmiliidaeHill 1940
genusPalastraeaMcCoy 1851

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. †Palastraea McCoy 1851
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Palastraea planiuscula Wu and Zhao 1989
Palastraea regia Phillips 1836
Palastraea weiningensis Wu and Zhao 1989
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 Brigantian to the top of the Bashkirian or 336.00000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Spain (Andalusia) P. regia (134298)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Morocco P. regia (228328)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9China (Guizhou) P. planiuscula (134695) P. sp. (134649)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Spain (Andalucia) P. regia (79117)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Ireland P. regia (34833)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Morocco P. regia (79396 79405)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France P. sp. (50810)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Morocco P. regia (234374 234376)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2China (Guizhou) P. weiningensis (134701)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Morocco P. regia (224690)