Montastraea
Blainville, 1830, p.339
Type Species
Astrea guettardi Defrance, 1826, p.379; Subsequent Designation Smith and Lang, 1935: 554
Type Specimen: Unknown; MNHN R05933; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: not indicated by Guettard 1770, see Defrance 1826
The type specimen of Defrance (figured in Guettard 1770, pl.28, fig.2-4) has been lost. The specimen illustrated here is a hypotype, which was figured in Michelin 1842, p.58, pl.12, fig.3 (and also in Chevalier 1962, p.188, pl.9, fig.1). It is from the Miocene of Turin, Italy. Vaughan and Wells (1943) indicate the type locality is Dax (Landes) in France, which is also Miocene; however this has not been verified.
Classification
Synonyms
- Neocoenia Hackemesser, 1936, p. 24
- Aquitanastraea Chevalier, 1954, p. 139
- Actinocoenia Orbigny, 1849, vol. II, p.207
- Heliastraea Milne Edwards, 1857, p. 456
- Phyllocaeniopsis Chevalier, 1954, p. 113
- Montastrea Vaughan and Wells, 1943, p.173
- Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 469
- Heliastreopsis Chevalier, 1954, p. 145
- Athecastraea Chevalier, 1962, p.181
- Orbicella Dana, 1846, p.205
Distribution
- Western Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- South Asia; Late Cretaceous
- East Asia; Late Cretaceous
- North America; Late Cretaceous
- Central America; Late Cretaceous
- Caribbean; Late Cretaceous
- West Asia; Late Cretaceous
- Southern Europe; Paleocene
- North Africa; Paleocene
- Western Europe; Eocene
- Southern Europe; Eocene
- Eastern Europe; Eocene
- Central America; Eocene
- Caribbean; Eocene
- Southeast Asia; Eocene
- Southeast Asia; Oligocene - Miocene
- Western Europe; Oligocene
- Southern Europe; Oligocene
- North Africa; Oligocene
- Subsaharan Africa; Oligocene
- South Asia; Oligocene
- North America; Oligocene
- Central America; Oligocene
- Caribbean; Oligocene
- South America; Oligocene
- West Asia; Oligocene
- Caribbean, Southeast Asia; Miocene - Pliocene
- Western Europe; Miocene
- Southern Europe; Miocene
- Eastern Europe; Miocene
- North Africa; Miocene
- South Asia; Miocene
- East Asia; Miocene
- Australasia; Miocene
- Micronesia; Miocene
- Polynesia; Miocene
- North America; Miocene
- Central America; Miocene
- Caribbean; Miocene
- South America; Miocene
- West Asia; Miocene
- Southeast Asia; Miocene
- Central America, Caribbean, Southeast Asia; Pliocene - Pleistocene
- East Asia; Pliocene
- North America; Pliocene
- Central America; Pliocene
- Caribbean; Pliocene
- Southeast Asia; Pliocene
- East Asia; Pleistocene - Holocene
- North Africa; Pleistocene
- Subsaharan Africa; Pleistocene
- South Asia; Pleistocene
- East Asia; Pleistocene
- Australasia; Pleistocene
- Melanesia; Pleistocene
- Polynesia; Pleistocene
- North America; Pleistocene
- Central America; Pleistocene
- Caribbean; Pleistocene
- South America; Pleistocene
- Indian Ocean; Recent
- Western Pacific; Recent
- Central Pacific; Recent
- Western Atlantic; Recent
- Eastern Atlantic; Recent
- East Asia; Holocene
- Micronesia; Holocene
- Polynesia; Holocene
- North America; Holocene
- Central America; Holocene
- Caribbean; Holocene
Source: Paleobiology database (accessed 6/5/12), Veron (2000). Historical distribution: Upper Jurassic-Recent., Europe-West Indies-West Africa-Brazil-North America (Wells 1956). Distribution compiled by Matthew Tibbits. Update: Modern members of the traditional genus Montastraea have been recently been subdivided into Montastraea and Orbicella (restricted to the Atlantic) and Phymastrea (restricted to the Indo-Pacific), see Budd et al. (2012). Its fossil distribution has yet to be reassessed.This page has been in preparation since 20-Jul-2010 03:44
This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 27-Dec-2012 19:52.
Page authors are: Ann Budd. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ann Budd
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