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Morycastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae

Taxonomy
Morycastraea was named by Melnikova (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-l Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 869]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pamiroseriidae by Morycowa (1988); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Morycastraea Melnikova
1988Morycastraea Morycowa
2002Morycastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPamiroseriidaeMelnikova 1984
genusMorycastraeaMelnikova 1984

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. †Morycastraea Melnikova 1984
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Morycastraea opoliensis Morycowa 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
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 11:03:11
Modified: 2008-02-10 13:03:11
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Morycowa 1988, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Sevatian or 247.20000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland M. opoliensis (34729)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Tajikistan M. eximia (34647)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Tajikistan M. eximia (138590)