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Leptoseris floriformis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)174679https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=174679
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Leptoseris : Leptoseris floriformis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusLeptoserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesLeptoseris floriformisGerth 1923
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Leptoseris floriformisspeciesbelongs to Leptoserisstated with evidenceGerth, 1923
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietmicrocarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des Jungtertiärs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1923Leptoseris floriformis Gerth

References

Gerth H. (1923) Die Anthozoenfauna des Jungtertiärs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo], Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10, 37-136
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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