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Siderastreidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 17 (19%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Siderastreidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. Wells. 1956. Scleractinia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:328-444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anomastraea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Coscinaraea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Eosiderastrea β genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hindeastraea β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Horastrea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Koilomorpha β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Maeandroseris β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Palaeosiderofungia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pironastrea β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Psammocora genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 49 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pseudosiderastrea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Siderastrea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 438 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Siderastreites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Siderofungia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 28 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Sideroseris β genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Siderosmilia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Stephanomorpha β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Synhelia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1943 | Siderastreidae Vaughan and Wells |
| 1956 | Siderastreidae Wells |
| 1986 | Siderastraeidae Beauvais |
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!
