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Guembelastraea martini ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8516408	https://www.gbif.org/species/8516408
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	256488	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=256488

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Gumbelastraea : Guembelastraea martini

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guembelastraeidae : Guembelastraea : Guembelastraea martini

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Archaeofungiina	Alloiteau 1952
family	Guembelastraeidae	Cuif 1977
genus	Guembelastraea	Cuif 1976
species	Guembelastraea martini	Smith 1927

Generic Name

Guembelastraea

Scientific Name

Guembelastraea martini (Smith, 1927)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Guembelastraea martini	species	belongs to Guembelastraea	stated with evidence	Smith, 1927
Guembelastraea martini	species	belongs to Actinastraea	stated without evidence	Stanley, 1979

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

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. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Actinastraea martini (Smith, 1927)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Gumbelastraea : *Actinastraea martini*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Guembelastraea martini Smith
1927	Astrocoenia martini Smith p. 132 figs. Pl 115, fig 5
1927	Guembelastraea martini Smith p. 132 figs. Pl 115, fig 5
1979	Actinastraea martini Stanley
2013	Ceriostella martini Roniewicz and Stanley p. 954 figs. 8.1-8.10, 8.13, 8.14
2014	Ceriostella martini Kiessling

References

Smith J. P. (1927) Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141, 1-262

Roniewicz E., Stanley G. D. (2013) Upper Triassic corals from Nevada, western North America, and the implications for paleoecology and paleogeography, Journal of Paleontology 87, 934-964

Kiessling W. (2014) Taxonomic revisions of scleractinian corals

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!

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