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Caryophylliina
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 710 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 115 (16%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | G.K. Melnikova. 1996. New Triassic Colonial Scleractinians from the Southeastern Pamirs. Paleontological Journal 30(2):128-134 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Caryophylliicae superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,732 | 260 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Caryophyllioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 342 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Flabellicae superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 775 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Reimaniphyllioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Alpinophylliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Parasmiliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Protoheterastraeidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Protoheterstraeidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1943 | Caryophyllina Vaughan and Wells |
| 1984 | Caryophylliina Squires p. 14 |
| 1995 | Caryophylliina Chiesa et al. p. 25 |
| 1997 | Caryophylliina Cairns |
| 2002 | Caryophylliina Roniewicz and Michalik p. 151 |
| 2005 | Caryophylliina Roniewicz et al. p. 293 |
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!
