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Distichomeandra austriaca

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea austriaca was named by Frech (1890). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Gablonzeria austriaca by Liao and Xia (1994); it was recombined as Distichomeandra austriaca by Roniewicz (1989), Stanley (1994), Stanley (1994) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Isastrea austriaca Frech
1989Distichomeandra austriaca Roniewicz
1994Gablonzeria austriaca Liao and Xia
1994Distichomeandra austriaca Stanley p. 12 figs. 9.1, 9.2, 9.10, 9.11
1994Distichomeandra austriaca Stanley, Jr. p. 94 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3
2008Distichomeandra austriaca Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusDistichomeandraCuif 1976
speciesaustriaca(Frech 1890)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 08:08:15
Modified: 2008-02-11 10:08:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999

Age range: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 212.00000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5China (Xizang) Gablonzeria austriaca (85520 85522)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran (Isfahan) Distichomeandra austriaca (138967)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) Distichomeandra austriaca (39170 39172 39175 39177)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Distichomeandra austriaca (80017)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (Yukon) Distichomeandra austriaca (38033)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Distichomeandra austriaca (144411)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) Distichomeandra austriaca (22994)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) Isastrea austriaca (36516)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Isastrea austriaca (34635 36869)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Indonesia Isastrea eucystis (34893)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) Distichomeandra austriaca (82665)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Distichomeandra austriaca (38141 38144)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Argentina (Neuquen) Distichomeandra austriaca (10701 10702)