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Latusastrea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4879139https://www.gbif.org/species/4879139
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)6553https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6553
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Heterocoeniidae : Latusastrea
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusLatusastread'Orbigny 1849
Scientific NameLatusastrea d'Orbigny, 1849
Name Published InNote Polyp. Foss.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Latusastreagenusbelongs to Heterocoeniidaestated without evidenceTurnsek, 1997
Latusastreagenusbelongs to Scleractiniasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Latusastreagenusbelongs to Heterocoeniidaestated without evidenceGötz et al., 2005
Latusastreagenusbelongs to Heterocoeniidaestated with evidenceKiessling, 2008
Latusastreagenusmisspelling of Latusastreastated without evidenceKiessling, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance164 - 152 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance93.5 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Heterocoeniidae)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Heterocoeniidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Heterocoeniidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Turnsek. 1997. Mesozoic corals of Slovenia. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Explanaria alveolaris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Heliopora decipiens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Latusastrea alveolaris
species
listed (PBDB)4151 Ma
Late Jurassic
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latusastrea decipiens
species
listed (PBDB)9130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latusastrea exiguis
species
listed (PBDB)7145 Ma
Late Jurassic
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latusastrea fasciculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Latusastrea irregularis
species
listed (PBDB)6133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latusastrea polygonalis
species
listed (PBDB)193.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Latusastrea provincialis
species
listed (PBDB)14136 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleurocoenia exiguis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pleurocoenia irregularis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pleurocoenia polygonalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pleurocoenia provincialis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Latusastraea d'Orbigny, 1850GBIFgenusAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Heterocoeniidae : Latusastraea

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1850Latusastrea d'Orbigny
1997Latusastraea Turnsek
2002Latusastrea Sepkoski, Jr.
2005Latusastrea Götz et al.
2008Latusastrea Kiessling

References

Turnsek D. (1997) Mesozoic corals of Slovenia, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 1-512
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Götz S., Löser H., et al (2005) Reef development on a deepening platform: two Early Cretaceous coralgal patch reefs (Cati, Llacova Formation, eastern Spain) compared, Cretaceous Research 26, 864-881
Kiessling W. (2008) New opinions on coral taxonomy
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Note Polyp. Foss. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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