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Palaeastraea
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Montlivaltiidae
Subfamily:
Montlivaltiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Palaeastraea KÜHN, 1936
Type Species:
Phyllocoenia grandissima FRECH, 1890
Images
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Fig. 294,1. *P. grandissima, U.Trias. (Nor.), Aus., transv. sec., X1 (50)
Synonyms
Thigmastrea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Massive, plocoid, corallites mono- to tricentric, derived from Triassic Thecosmilias by incomplete separation of corallites
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:
Palaeastraea KÜHN, 1936
Type Species:
Phyllocoenia grandissima FRECH, 1890
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 294,1. *P. grandissima, U.Trias. (Nor.), Aus., transv. sec., X1 (50)
Synonyms
Thigmastrea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Massive, plocoid, corallites mono- to tricentric, derived from Triassic Thecosmilias by incomplete separation of corallites