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Puschastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Puschastraea was named by Roniewicz (1966). It is not extant. Its type is Puschastraea kamiennae.

It was assigned to Montlivaltiidae by Roniewicz (1966); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Puschastraea Roniewicz p. 214
2002Puchastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusPuschastraea

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. †Puschastraea Roniewicz 1966
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Puchastraea maudensis Beauvais 1982
Puschastraea kamiennae Roniewicz 1966
Puschastraea kokhensis Bendukidze 1982
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: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 167.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Canada (British Columbia) Puchastraea maudensis (78991)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland P. kamiennae (68366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia P. kokhensis (90000)