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Vallimeandropsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae

Taxonomy
Vallimeandropsis was named by Beauvais (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-u J m Sepkoski's reference number: 183]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Andemantastraeidae by Beauvais (1970); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Vallimeandropsis Beauvais
1970Vallimeandropsis Beauvais
2002Vallimeandropsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAndemantastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusVallimeandropsisBeauvais 1965

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. †Vallimeandropsis Beauvais 1965
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Vallimeandropsis davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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 Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 189.60000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Morocco V. sp. (225821)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco V. sp. (203734)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) V. davidsoni (77240)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia V. davidsoni (28061)