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Calamophyllia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : Calamophyllia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Calamophyllia Blainville, 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Dict. Sci. Nat., 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 13.7 - 12.7 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. 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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| Calamophyllia cassiana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Calamophyllia crassitorquata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia disputabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia ducreti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Calamophyllia elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia grandis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Calamophyllia guebhardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia inaequalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia insignis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia luciensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia northeyi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Calamophyllia prima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia sikesi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Calamophyllia simplex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia stereoplasmophyla ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Calamophyllia strangulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia subgracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia subtilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Calamophyllia tangana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Calamophyllia tomesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia undata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamophyllia zumoffeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calamoseris disputabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Diplaraea northeyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diplaraea sikesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1830 | Calamophyllia Blainville |
| 1952 | Calamoseris Alloiteau |
| 1956 | Calamophyllia Wells |
| 2002 | Calamophyllia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Calamoseris 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!
