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Elephantaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae

Taxonomy
Elephantaria was named by Oppenheim (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. Its type is Elephantaria lindstroemi.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Elephantaria Oppenheim
1956Elephantaria Wells
2002Elephantaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyActinacididaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusElephantariaOppenheim 1930

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. †Elephantaria Oppenheim 1930
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Subg. †Elephantaria (Bosnopsammia) Oppenheim 1908
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Bosnopsammia katzeri Oppenheim 1908
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930
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Invalid names: Goniopora hrpeljensis Turnsek 1998 [synonym]
Elephantaria tottoni Wells 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:28:52
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:28:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 99.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Slovakia E. lindstroemi (87241)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria E. lindstroemi (27296)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia E. lindstroemi (88191)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) E. lindstroemi (25479)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) E. tottoni (88337)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica E. lindstroemi (27647 27653 27656)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica E. lindstroemi (27645 27646 27648)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica E. lindstroemi (27649)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia Goniopora hrpeljensis (79296)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) Goniopora hrpeljensis (79282 79288 79293 80825 80827 80830 80832)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (France) Goniopora hrpeljensis (80834)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnopsammia katzeri (179744)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Croatia Bosnopsammia katzeri (87473)