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Agathelia asperella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae

Taxonomy
Agathelia asperella was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant. It is the type species of Agathelia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Agathelia asperella Reuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyAgatheliidae
genusAgatheliaReuss 1854
speciesasperellaReuss 1854

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.

†Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854
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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 Berriasian to the top of the Thanetian or 145.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Xizang) Agathelia asperella (74250)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) Agathelia asperella (233113)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Slovakia Agathelia asperella (87243)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Agathelia asperella (35113)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Agathelia asperella (24265 24266)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Armenia Agathelia asperella (86676)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Agathelia asperella (74895)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia Agathelia asperella (88191)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greece Agathelia asperella (64293)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Agathelia asperella (31572)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Agathelia asperella (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Agathelia asperella (206415 206416)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia Agathelia asperella (88275)