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Javania

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Javania was named by Duncan (1876).

It was synonymized subjectively with Desmophyllum by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Flabellidae by Chevalier (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Javania Duncan
1961Javania Chevalier p. 402

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusJavaniaDuncan 1876

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. †Javania Duncan 1876
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Javania cailleti Duchassaing and Michelotti 1864
Javania duncani Wells 1976
Javania insignis Duncan 1876
Javania subturbinatum Michelotti 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:01:20
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:52:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Tonga J. duncani (70950)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy J. subturbinatum (70450)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain J. sp. (56687)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy J. sp. (71473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy J. cailleti (49518)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt J. insignis (124238)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Greece J. cailleti (124209 124213)