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Dimorphastrea
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Montlivaltiidae
Subfamily:
Montlivaltiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dimorphastrea ORB., 1850
Type Species:
D. grandiflora, SD GREGORY, 1900
Images
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Fig. 294,5. D. crassisepta Orb., L.Cret.(Urgon.), Fr., X2 (72)
Synonyms
Dimorphocoenia
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia-Afr
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Colony formation by circumoral budding only, no collines
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Montlivaltiidae
Subfamily:
Montlivaltiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dimorphastrea ORB., 1850
Type Species:
D. grandiflora, SD GREGORY, 1900
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 294,5. D. crassisepta Orb., L.Cret.(Urgon.), Fr., X2 (72)
Synonyms
Dimorphocoenia
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia-Afr
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Colony formation by circumoral budding only, no collines