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Pleuroaulastrea
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastraeidae : Pleuroaulastrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastreidae : Pleuroaulastrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pleuroaulastrea Kolodziej, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: Prolific development of pachythecaliines in Late Barremian, Bulgaria: coral taxonomy and sedimentary environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | B. Koodziej, M. Ivanov, and V. Idakieva. 2012. Prolific development of pachythecaliines in Late Barremian, Bulgaria: coral taxonomy and sedimentary environment. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 82:291-330 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pleuroaulastrea variabilis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2012 | Pleuroaulastrea Kołodziej et al. |
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!
