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Starostinia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Rhipidogyridae : Starostinia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Starostinia Doweld, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Doweld, Alexander B. 2014. Starostinia, a new generic replacement name for Ironella Starostina & Krasnov, 1970 (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Rhipidogyridae) non Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Ironidae). Zootaxa 3815(2): 299–300. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Rhipidogyridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rhipidogyridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Rhipidogyridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Rhipidogyridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Doweld. 2014. Starostinia, a new generic replacement name for Ironella Starostina & Krasnov, 1970 (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Rhipidogyridae) non Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Ironidae). Zootaxa 3815(2):299-300 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Heterocoenia rutimeyeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ironella arabica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ironella giseldonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ironella tskhanariensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Starostinia arabica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Starostinia giseldonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Starostinia rutimeyeri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Starostinia tskhanariensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1970 | Ironella Krasnov and Starostina |
| 1976 | Ironella Roniewicz |
| 2002 | Ironella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2014 | Starostinia Doweld |
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!
