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Agathiphylliidae
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agathiphylliidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Agathiphylliidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Vaughan, T.W. & Wells, J.W. 1943. Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. Special Papers of the Geological Society of America 44: 1–363. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 122 - 109 Ma Early/Lower 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. Alloiteau and J. Tissier. 1958. Les madréporaires du montien des petites pyrénées (Comparaison avec ceux du Montien de Mons). Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 93:241-293 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agathiphyllia âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 115 | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
| Pattalophyllia âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Turnsekophyllia âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1943 | Agathiphylliidae Vaughan and Wells |
| 1958 | Agathiphylliidae Alloiteau and Tissier |
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!
