Scleractinia taxon details
Paravolzeia Roniewicz, Stanley, Da Costa Monteiro & Grant-Mackie, 2005 †
1439695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439695)
accepted
Genus
Paravolzeia alpina Roniewicz, Stanley, Da Costa Monteiro & Grant-Mackie, 2005 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Roniewicz, E.; Stanley, G. D.; Monteiro, F. D. C.; Grant-Mackie, J. (2005). Late Triassic (Carnian) corals from Timor-Leste (East Timor): their identity, setting, and biogeography. <em>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 29(2): 287-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510508619307 [details]
Status In earlier literature described as Volzeia (Hexastraea) fritschi (Volz 1896) in Cuif 1974: 352-354, figs 25 and 26.
Status In earlier literature described as Volzeia (Hexastraea) fritschi (Volz 1896) in Cuif 1974: 352-354, figs 25 and 26. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Paravolzeia Roniewicz, Stanley, Da Costa Monteiro & Grant-Mackie, 2005 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439695 on 2026-05-18
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Roniewicz, E.; Stanley, G. D.; Monteiro, F. D. C.; Grant-Mackie, J. (2005). Late Triassic (Carnian) corals from Timor-Leste (East Timor): their identity, setting, and biogeography. <em>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 29(2): 287-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510508619307 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source Vasseur, R., Lathuilière, B. (2021). Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys. <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 43(22): 1187-1291., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source Vasseur, R., Lathuilière, B. (2021). Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys. <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 43(22): 1187-1291., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Up to now, two species, both from the Carnian, have been described: the type species, P alpina from the Alps, and P. timorica from the eastern part of Timor (Timor -Leste), smaller in corallite diameters and number of septa from the type species. The type material of P. timorica, under the number of H1219, is housed in the Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. [details]Diagnosis Phaceloid. Corallites of 3-5 mm in diameter with ca. 24 septa of the S1-S3 orders and septa S4 hidden in the wall. Increase by septal division (from bi- to quadruple division). Costosepta exsert, differentiated into at most four size orders, their faces smooth. Costal part embedded in the epithecal wall. Endotheca tabular. [details]
Remark Cuif 1974: 352-353 gave interesting observations and perfect illustrations in figs 25 and 26, presenting coral microstructure, with its erroneous determination, as Volzeia fritschi (Volz). The latter species represents Quenstedtiphyllia fritschi, the earliest known up to now amphiastraeid coral. [details]
Status In earlier literature described as Volzeia (Hexastraea) fritschi (Volz 1896) in Cuif 1974: 352-354, figs 25 and 26. [details]
