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Kobyastraeidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Kobyastraeidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 176 - 172 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Löser and S. Ferry. 2006. Coraux du Barrémien du Sud de la France (Ardèche et Drôme). Géobios 39:469-489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kobyastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 38 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1970 | Kobyastraeidae Roniewicz |
| 2006 | Kobyastraeidae Löser and Ferry |
References
| Löser H., Ferry S. (2006) Coraux du Barrémien du Sud de la France (Ardèche et Drôme), Géobios 39, 469-489 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
