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Kobyastraea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Kobyastraeidae : Kobyastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Kobyastraea Roniewicz, 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Acta Palaeont. Pol. 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 176 - 172 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Kobyastraea bourgeati ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Kobyastraea haradai ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Kobyastraea holmoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Kobyastraea lomontiana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Kobyastraea louisae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Kobyastraea tenuis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Thamnarea holmoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnasteria haradai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnastraea bourgeati species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnastraea lomontiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Kobyastrea Roniewicz, 1970 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Kobyastraeidae : Kobyastrea |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1970 | Kobyastraea Roniewicz |
| 1976 | Kobyastraea Roniewicz |
| 1995 | Kobyastrea Löser and Raeder p. 49 |
| 2002 | Kobyastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Phacellastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Kobyastraea Löser and Ferry |
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!
