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Chevalieria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropidastraeidae

Taxonomy
Chevalieria was named by Melnikova (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tropidastraeidae by Morycowa (1988); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Chevalieria Melnikova
1988Chevalieria Morycowa
2002Chevalieria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTropidastraeidaeMelnikova 1984
genusChevalieriaMelnikova 1984

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. †Chevalieria Melnikova 1984
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Chevalieria tenuiseptata Morycowa 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Sevatian or 247.20000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland C. tenuiseptata (34729)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Tajikistan C. grandis (34646)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Tajikistan C. grandis (34647)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Tajikistan C. grandis (138590)