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Agathelia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae

Taxonomy
Agathelia was named by Reuss (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 837]. It is not extant. Its type is Agathelia asperella.

It was assigned to Agatheliidae by Baron-Szabo (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. asperella (type species), A. minor, A. turbinata, A. urgonica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Agathelia Reuss
1952Ficariastraea Alloiteau
1997Agathelia Baron-Szabo p. 35
2002Agathelia Sepkoski
2002Cenomanina Sepkoski
2002Ficariastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyAgatheliidae
genusAgatheliaReuss 1854

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. †Agathelia Reuss 1854
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†Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854
†Agathelia minor Reig Oriol 1997
†Agathelia turbinata Trautschold 1886
†Agathelia urgonica Dietrich 1926
Invalid names: Cenomanina [synonym], Ficariastraea Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
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 Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Rupelian or 136.40000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Xizang) A. asperella (74250)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) A. asperella (233113)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine A. turbinata (77074 77086)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Stylina urgonica (160722)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Tanzania Stylina urgonica, Stylina sp. (85357)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece A. minor (74811)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Slovakia A. asperella (87243)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic A. asperella (35113)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria A. asperella (24265 24266)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria A. asperella (74895)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Armenia A. asperella (86676)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greece A. asperella (64293)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia A. asperella (88191)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria A. sp. (146295)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain A. sp., A. asperella (31572)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman A. asperella (206415 206416)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates A. asperella (12766 206410)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia A. asperella (88275)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Libya A. sp. (10964)