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Monticulastraea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Monticulastraea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Monticulastraea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Monticulastraea Duncan, 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Duncan, P.M. (1880). A monograph of the fossil corals and Alcyonaria of Sind. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 14. 1: 1–110, pls. 1–28. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 84 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Faviidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, microcarnivore (based on Faviidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Monticulastraea elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Monticulastraea inaequalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Monticulastraea insignis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Monticulastraea maeandrina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Monticulastraea roseola ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Monticulastraea solidior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1880 | Monticulastraea Duncan |
| 1961 | Monticulastraea Chevalier |
| 2006 | Monticulastraea Baron-Szabo p. 33 |
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!
