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Poriticae
Source Data |
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poriticae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 171 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 47 (27%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 191 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. W. Wells. 1956. Scleractinia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:328-444 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Actinacididae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 349 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Poritidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2,535 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1842 | Poriticae Gray |
1956 | Poriticae Wells |
References
Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444 |
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!