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Heterogyra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy

Heterogyra was named by Reuss (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l]. Its type is Heterogyra lobata.

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

Species

H. lobata (syn. Latimaeandra morchelloides, Mussa leptophylla, Symphyllia microlopha) (type species), H. murchisoni (syn. Cyathoseris orientalis, Oroseris undata), H. zitteli

Synonyms

Felixastraea was named by Oppenheim (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo].

It was synonymized subjectively with Heterogyra by Baron-Szabo (2008).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Heterogyra Reuss
1930	Felixastraea Oppenheim
1956	Felixastraea Wells
1956	Heterogyra Wells
2002	Felixastraea Sepkoski
2002	Heterogyra Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
superfamily	Agariciicae	Gray 1847
family	Agariciidae	Gray 1847
genus	Heterogyra

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. †Heterogyra Reuss 1868

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†Heterogyra lobata Reuss 1868

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Invalid names: Latimaeandra morchelloides Reuss 1868 [synonym], Mussa leptophylla Reuss 1868 [synonym], Symphyllia microlopha Reuss 1868 [synonym]

†Heterogyra murchisoni d'Archiac and Haime 1853

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Invalid names: Cyathoseris orientalis Duncan 1880 [synonym], Oroseris undata Wanner 1902 [synonym]

†Heterogyra zitteli Felix 1903

Invalid names: Felixastraea Oppenheim 1930 [synonym]

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 Turonian to the top of the Miocene or 93.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Campanian	93.9 - 72.1	Georgia	Felixastraea zitteli (91629)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Egypt	Oroseris undata (86950)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	Pakistan (Sind)	Pachyseris murchisoni, Cyathoseris orientalis (11289)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	India	Cyathoseris orientalis (42883)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Hungary	Pachyseris murchisoni (123836)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Italy (Veneto)	H. lobata, Mussa leptophylla, Symphyllia microlopha, Latimaeandra morchelloides (91634) Latimaeandra morchelloides (91652) Symphyllia microlopha (91649)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Indonesia	Pachyseris murchisoni (108810)