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Brachthelia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae

Taxonomy
Brachthelia was named by Beauvais and Beauvais (1975). It is not extant. Its type is Brachthelia collignoni.

It was assigned to Agatheliidae by El-Asa'ad (1989); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Brachthelia Beauvais and Beauvais
1989Brachthelia El-Asa'ad
2002Bracthelia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyAgatheliidae
genusBrachtheliaBeauvais and Beauvais 1975

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.

G. †Brachthelia Beauvais and Beauvais 1975
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Brachthelia collignoni Beauvais and Beauvais 1975
Bracthelia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985
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 Middle Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 164.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia B. sp. (34544)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8China (Xizang) Pseudocoenia bangoinensis (80571)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Bracthelia collignoni, Bracthelia rutimeyeri (154046)