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Coelosmilia texana β
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| Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Coelosmilia : Coelosmilia texana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 109 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Coelosmilia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Coelosmilia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Coelosmilia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Turnsek, D. V. LeMone, and R. W. Scott. 2003. Tethyan Albian corals, Cerro de Cristo Rey Uplift, Chihuahua and New Mexico. Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Paleoecology, Texas and Mexico: Perkins Memorial Volume. Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, Special Publications in Geology 1:147-185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1857 | Turbinolia texana Conrad |
| 1914 | Trochosmilia texana Felix |
| 1933 | Coelosmilia texana Wells |
| 1944 | Dungulia texana Shimer and Shrock |
| 2003 | Coelosmilia texana Turnsek 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!
