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Protoheterastraea konosensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia konosensis was named by Kanmera (1964). Its type specimen is GK.F348 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ko.325, Kuma River, which is in a Carnian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Oshe Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Protoheterastraea konosensis by Stanley and Onoue (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Thecosmilia konosensis Kanmera p. 127 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-8; pl 16, figs 1-9
2015Protoheterastraea konosensis Stanley and Onoue p. 19 figs. 13a-f, 14a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyProtoheterastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusProtoheterastraeaWells 1937
specieskonosensis(Kanmera 1964)

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: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan Protoheterastraea konosensis (38133) Thecosmilia konosensis (34885)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Primorye) Protoheterastraea konosensis (141050)