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Clausastrea ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Clausastrea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 176 - 172 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Montlivaltiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Errenst. 1990. Das korallenführende Kimmeridgium der nordwestliche Iberischen Ketten und angrenzender Gebiete (Fazies, Paläogeographie und Beschreibung der Korallenfauna), Teil 1. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 214:121-207 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1850 | Clausastrea d'Orbigny |
1973 | Maeandramorpha Babayev |
1976 | Clausastrea Roniewicz |
1990 | Clausastrea Errenst |
2002 | Clausastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Maeandramorpha Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!