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Hispaniastraea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastraeidae : Hispaniastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastreidae : Hispaniastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Hispaniastraea Turnsek & Geyer, 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Turnsek, Seyfried & Geyer, Razpr. Slov. Akad. Znan. Umet. (Hist. Nat.) 18 (5): 22 (138). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 199 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Turnsek, H. Seyfried, and OF Geyer. 1975. Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen an einem Korallenvorkommen im subbetischen Unterjura von Murcia (Süd-Spanien). Razprave, Acad. Scient. et Artium Slovenica, Cl. IV 18(5):1-35 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hispaniastraea murciana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Hispaniastraea ramosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Hispanastrea Turnsek et al., 1975 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastraeidae : Hispanastrea |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1975 | Hispaniastraea Turnsek et al. p. 22 |
| 1991 | Hispaniastraea Prinz p. 167 |
| 2002 | Hispaniastraea 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!
