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Palaeoplesiastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoplesiastraea was named by Chevalier (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Columastraeidae by Chevalier (1961); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Palaeoplesiastraea Chevalier
2002Palaeoplesiastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyColumastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusPalaeoplesiastraea

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. †Palaeoplesiastraea Chevalier 1961
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†Palaeoplesiastraea batteriae Chevalier 1961
†Palaeoplesiastraea corrugata Michelotti 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Messinian or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62Libya P. inaequalis (34499)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Solenastrea turonensis (79595)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy P. deformis, P. batteriae, P. corrugata (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Cyphastrea turonensis (25257)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain P. sp. (70414)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Poland P. inaequalis (38822)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France P. sp. (70319) P. turonensis (70511)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain P. columnaeformis (34734) P. sp. (34733) P. sp., P. columnaeformis (34735)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy P. sp. (69925 70495)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco P. turonensis (161391) P. turonensis, P. columnaeformis (161338 161390)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain (Granada) P. sp. (147183)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy P. columnaeformis (69924)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Libya P. inaequalis (34500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Solenastrea turonensis (70666)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco P. sp. (70889 70928)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria P. sp. (69864 70861 70880 70887)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain P. sp. (69835)