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Ampakabastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae

Taxonomy
Ampakabastraea was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l J Call Sepkoski's reference number: 183,834]. It is not extant. Its type is Ampakabastraea ampakabensis.

It was assigned to Andemantastraeidae by Beauvais (1986); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pamiroseriidae by Roniewicz and Stanley (2013).

Species
A. ampakabensis (type species), A. besavoensis, A. contorta, A. cowichanensis, A. exserta, A. tazerdunetensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ampakabastraea Alloiteau
1986Ampakabastraea Beauvais
2002Ampakabastraea Sepkoski
2013Ampakabastraea Roniewicz and Stanley p. 956

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPamiroseriidaeMelnikova 1984
genusAmpakabastraea

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. †Ampakabastraea Alloiteau 1958
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†Ampakabastraea ampakabensis Alloiteau 1958
†Ampakabastraea besavoensis Alloiteau 1958
†Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911
†Ampakabastraea exserta Gregory 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 11:03:11
Modified: 2008-02-10 13:03:11
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Morycowa 1988, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 221.50000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (144408)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (80015 80017)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (34636)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) A. cowichanensis (150739 150751 150752 150765 150766 150767 150768)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) Confusastrea cowichanensis (33384) Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (38055)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) A. nodosa (38047)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) A. nodosa, Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (82662) Confusastrea cowichanensis (112236 112237) Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (82657)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (40409)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Alaska) Confusastrea cowichanensis (33407)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) Isastrea cowichanensis (33392) Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (45379 82663)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Morocco A. ampakabensis (33594)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Toliara) A. ampakabensis (86407)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia A. dunetensis (48454)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) A. exserta (41410)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) A. contorta (85965)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India A. exserta (61885 63079 67571 68283)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Madagascar (Toliara) A. besavoensis (86478)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia A. tazerdunetensis (36665)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia A. parva (46064)