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Actinastrea crassoramosa

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)116674https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=116674
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Actinastrea : Actinastrea crassoramosa
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesActinastrea crassoramosa
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Astreastated without evidenceMichelin, 1843
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Actinastreastated without evidenceGeyer, 1955
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Actinastreastated with evidenceGeyer, 1965
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Enallocoeniastated without evidenceBeauvais, 1966
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Actinastreastated without evidencePrinz, 1991
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Enallocoeniastated with evidencePandey and Fürsich, 2005
Actinastrea crassoramosaspeciesbelongs to Actinastreastated with evidenceKiessling et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Actinastreidae)
Motilitystationary (based on Actinastreidae)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Actinastreidae)
Reproductionasexual (based on Actinastreidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Actinastreidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Beauvais. 1966. Etude des Madréporaires jurassiques du Sahara tunisien. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrates) 52(2):115-152

References

Beauvais L. (1966) Etude des Madréporaires jurassiques du Sahara tunisien, Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrates) 52 2, 115-152
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!
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