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Comoseris ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Comoseris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Comoseris d'Orbigny, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Note Polyp. Foss. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 191 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Microsolenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Microsolenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Comoseris aptiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Comoseris baltovensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Comoseris brevivallis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Comoseris eichwaldi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Comoseris frondescens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Comoseris helvelloides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Comoseris interrupta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Comoseris irradians ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Comoseris jireceki ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Comoseris kobyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Comoseris meandrinoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Comoseris minima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Comoseris tschordensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Latimaeandraraea frondescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Latimaeandraraea helvelloides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pavonia meandrinoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Commoseris Fromentel, 1865 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Commoseris |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Comoseris d'Orbigny |
| 1976 | Comoseris Roniewicz |
| 2002 | Comoseris 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!
