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Astrocoeniidae
| Description | Astrocoeniidae is a family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocoeniidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Astrocoeniidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Astrocoeniidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Koby F (1890). Monographie des polypiers jurassiques de la Suisse. Neuvième et dernière partie. Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 16: 457-582, pl. 122-130. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 13 (11%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 222 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ムカシサンゴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocoeniidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Astrocoeniinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Pinacophyllinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Actinastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 272 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Adegokeastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Astrocoenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 229 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Atopocoenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Haldonia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Koilocoenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Madracis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 208 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Palauastrea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Platycoenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Stephanocoenia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 207 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Stylocoenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 78 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Stylocoeniella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 33 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Texastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stephanocaenia tourtiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1890 | Astrocoeniidae Koby |
| 1986 | Astrocoeniidae Stanley, Jr. |
| 1987 | Astrocoeniidae Squires p. 19 |
| 1999 | Astrocoeniidae Squires p. 10 |
| 2005 | Astrocoeniidae López-Pérez p. 80 |
| 2006 | Astrocoeniidae Baron-Szabo p. 12 |
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!
