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Confusastraraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Confusastraraea was named by Gerth (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Haplaraeidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Confusastraraea Gerth
1956Confusastraraea Wells
2002Confusastraraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusConfusastraraeaGerth 1933

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. †Confusastraraea Gerth 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
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 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) C. obsoleta, C. djunggranganensis (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia (Sumba) C. obsoleta (62854)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) C. obsoleta (34720) C. obsoleta, C. djunggranganensis (34721)