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Stylinina
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 334 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | H. Löser. 2006. Taxonomy, stratigraphic distribution and palaeobiogeography of the Early Cretaceous coral genus Holocystis. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23(3):288-301 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agatheliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Cladophylliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Cyathophoridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Euheliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Euhellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stylinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,735 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Stylinina Alloiteau |
| 2006 | Stylinina Löser p. 290 |
References
| Löser H. (2006) Taxonomy, stratigraphic distribution and palaeobiogeography of the Early Cretaceous coral genus Holocystis, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23 3, 288-301 |
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!
