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Heterastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae

Taxonomy
Heterastraea was named by Tomes (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett J Bajo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,919]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stylophyllidae by Roniewicz and Michalík (1998); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oppelismiliidae by Roniewicz (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Heterastraea Tomes
1998Heterastraea Roniewicz and Michalík p. 395
2002Heterastraea Sepkoski
2009Heterastraea Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyOppelismiliidae
genusHeterastraeaTomes 1888

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. †Heterastraea Tomes 1888
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Heterastraea angelae Turnsek et al. 2003
Heterastraea eveshami Duncan 1867
Heterastraea gracilis Roniewicz 1974
Heterastraea stricklandi Duncan 1867
Heterastraea tomesi Duncan 1867
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 Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 208.50000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) H. sp. (36693)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Russian Federation H. sp. (40406)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia H. gracilis (42542)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom H. stricklandi (42192)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (Wales) H. sp. (33356)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (Wales) H. excavata, Elysastraea fischeri (41816)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom H. tomesi (42191)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) H. murchisoni (195969)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (Scotland) H. murchisoni (42187)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom H. latimeandroides (41815)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom H. eveshami, H. stricklandi (42203)
Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom H. insignis, H. endotheca (42202)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia H. eveshami, H. stricklandi (87253) H. tomesi, H. angelae (87254)