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Heterogyra ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Heterogyra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Heterogyra Reuss, 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 28 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | A. E. Reuss. 1868. Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen, 1: Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichten von Castelgomberto [Paleontological studies about the older Tertiary beds in the Alps, 1: The fossil Anthozoa from the Castelcomberto Formation]. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 28:129-184 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cyathoseris zitteli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heterogyra lobata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Heterogyra murchisoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Heterogyra zitteli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pachyseris murchisoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1868 | Heterogyra Reuss |
| 1930 | Felixastraea Oppenheim |
| 1956 | Felixastraea Wells |
| 1956 | Heterogyra Wells |
| 2002 | Felixastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Heterogyra Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
