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Conophyllia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Procyclolitidae : Conophyllia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Conophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Note Polyp. Foss. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 216 - 206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Procyclolitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Procyclolitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Procyclolitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Procyclolitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Conophyllia boletiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Conophyllia clepsydrae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Conophyllia granulosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Conophyllia hellenica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Conophyllia omphale ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Conophyllia radiciformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1849 | Conophyllia d'Orbigny |
1956 | Conophyllia Wells |
2002 | Conophyllia 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!