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Aulastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Aulastraea was named by Ogilvie (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Eliasova (1975); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. macer, A. schaeferi, A. touli, A. yilashanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. conica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Aulastraea Ogilvie
1975Aulastraea Eliasova p. 11
2002Aulastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAulastraeaOgilvie 1897

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. †Aulastraea Ogilvie 1897
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†Aulastraea macer Eliasova 1975
†Aulastraea schaeferi Ogilvie 1897
Aulastraea touli Kołodziej et al. 2012
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 121.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.1 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1China (Xizang) A. yilashanensis (87367)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal A. schaeferi (68594)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic A. macer (62219)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland A. sp. (151578)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic A. schaeferi, A. macer (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy A. conica (68259) A. sp. (196865)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic A. schaeferi (31283)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria A. touli (151445)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece A. schaeferi, A. macer (34719)