Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Parastraeomorpha minuscula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Parastraeomorpha minuscula was named by Roniewicz (1989). It is the type species of Parastraeomorpha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Parastraeomorpha minuscula Roniewicz p. 98

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusParastraeomorpha
speciesminuscula

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.

Parastraeomorpha minuscula Roniewicz 1989
show all | hide all
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 Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 228.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Parastraeomorpha minuscula (97794)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Parastraeomorpha minuscula (38141 38144 38147)