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Meandrastrea portlandica ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)155426https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=155426
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Meandrastrea : Meandrastrea portlandica
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusMeandrastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesMeandrastrea portlandica(Alloiteau 1960)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Meandrastrea portlandicaspeciesbelongs to Vallimeandrastated with evidenceAlloiteau, 1960
Meandrastrea portlandicaspeciesbelongs to Complexastraeopsisstated with evidenceEliasova, 1976
Meandrastrea portlandicaspeciesbelongs to Meandrastreastated with evidenceBaron-Szabo, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Faviina)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Montlivaltiidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Faviina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals.

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1960Vallimeandra portlandica Alloiteau
1976Complexastraeopsis portlandica Eliasova
2009Meandrastrea portlandica Baron-Szabo

References

Baron-Szabo R. (2009) Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals
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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