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Craterastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae

Taxonomy
Craterastraea was named by Beauvais (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant. Its type is Thamnasteria crateriformis.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Agariciidae by Pandey and Fürsich (2005); and to Coscinaraeidae by Benzoni et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Craterastraea Beauvais
2002Craterastraea Sepkoski
2005Craterastraea Pandey and Fürsich
2012Craterastraea Benzoni et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyCoscinaraeidae
genusCraterastraea

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. †Craterastraea Beauvais 1978
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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 Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 166.10000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) C. crateriformis (41410 41414)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) C. crateriformis (24050)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Rajasthan) C. crateriformis (92927)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) C. crateriformis (83347)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan C. crateriformis (83639)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) C. crateriformis (41422)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) C. crateriformis (83393)