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Cassianastraea ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Lemniscaterina : Lemniscateridae : Cassianastraea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cassianastraea reussi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1897 | Cassianastraea Volz |
| 1978 | Hydrosclera Gaetani and Fois |
| 1998 | Cassianastraea Roniewicz and Stanley p. 254 |
| 2002 | Cassianastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
