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Dipsastraea
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dipsastraea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 11 (85%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Huang, F. Benzoni, and H. Fukami, N. Knowlton, N. D. Smith, Ann F. Budd. 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(2):277-355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dipsastraea amicorum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea favus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea helianthoides species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea lacuna species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea laxa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 33 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea lizardensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea matthaii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 7.25 Ma Miocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Dipsastraea maxima species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea pallida species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 102 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea rotumana species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Dipsastraea speciosa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dipsastraea veroni species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1830 | Dipsastraea de Blainville |
| 2014 | Dipsastraea Huang et al. |
References
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!
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