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Faviina
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,544 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 233 (15%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Roniewicz and J. Michalík. 1998. Rhaetian Scleractinian Corals in the Western Carpathians. Geologica Carpathica 49(6):391-399 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Faviicae superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 9,096 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Stylophyllicae ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cladocoridae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Columastreidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 115 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
| Diplocteniopsidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 72 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Heliastraeidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 156 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Isastreidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Misistellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mussidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 722 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Oculinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 434 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pamiroseriidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 247 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Phyllocoeniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Placocoeniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 145 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Placosmiliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Tropidastraeidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1943 | Faviina Vaughan and Wells |
| 1986 | Faviina Stanley, Jr. |
| 1998 | Faviina Roniewicz and Michalík |
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!
