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Stylohelia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Stylohelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Stylohelia Fromentel, 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mém. Soc. Emul. Doubs, (3) 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dendrohelia ursicina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Psammohelia granulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylohelia coalescens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Stylohelia conferta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylohelia granulata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Stylohelia laevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylohelia mamillata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylohelia toucasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylohelia ursicina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1861 | Stylohelia Fromentel |
| 1985 | Stylohelia Rosendahl p. 44 |
| 2014 | Stylohelia Kiessling |
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!
