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Genabacia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Genabacia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Genabacia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | microcarnivore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | ECOSPACE CODE: 331. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Fungia stellifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Genabacia stellata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Genabacia stellatifera ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Genabacia stellifera ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Gonabacia Orbigny, 1849 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Gonabacia |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Genabacia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1956 | Genabacia Wells |
| 1969 | Genabacia Fischer |
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!
