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Isastrea richardsoni

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4943775https://www.gbif.org/species/4943775
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)116670https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=116670
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Isastraea : Isastrea richardsoni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Isastrea : Isastrea richardsoni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
genusIsastrea
speciesIsastrea richardsoniMilne-Edwards & Haime 1851
Generic NameIsastrea
Scientific NameIsastrea richardsoni (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Isastrea richardsonispeciesbelongs to Isastreastated without evidenceMilne-Edwards and Haime, 1851
Isastrea richardsonispeciesbelongs to Enallocoeniastated without evidenceBeauvais, 1965
Isastrea richardsonispeciesbelongs to Isastreastated with evidencePandey et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance191 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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)L. Beauvais. 1970. Madreporaires du Dogger: etude des types de Milne-Edwards et J. Haime [Dogger Scleractinia: a study of types from the Milne-Edwards and J. Haime collections]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 56(1):37-74

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Enallocoenia richardsoni (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Isastraea : Enallocoenia richardsoni

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1851Isastrea richardsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime
1965Enallocoenia richardsoni Beauvais
2007Isastrea richardsoni Pandey et al.

References

Beauvais L. (1970) Madreporaires du Dogger: etude des types de Milne-Edwards et J. Haime [Dogger Scleractinia: a study of types from the Milne-Edwards and J. Haime collections], Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 56 1, 37-74
Pandey D. K., Fürsich F. T., et al (2007) Lower Cretaceous corals from the Koppeh Dagh, NE-Iran, Zitteliana A47, 3-52
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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