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Antiguastrea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Antiguastrea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Antiguastrea Vaughan, 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. United States National Museum Bulletin. 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 156 - 151 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Faviidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, microcarnivore (based on Faviidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Antiguastrea alveolaris ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Astrea cellulosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Antiguastrea elegans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Antiguastrea flandrini ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Antiguastrea jacobi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Antiguastrea lucasiana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 38 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Antiguastrea prava ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Astrea lucasiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1919 | Antiguastrea Vaughan |
| 2002 | Antiguastrea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Antiguastrea Baron-Szabo p. 34 |
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!
