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Ceriostella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Margarophylliidae : Ceriostella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pamiroseriidae : Ceriostella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ceriostella Roniewicz & Stanley, 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | J Paleontol 72 (2), March | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Pamiroseriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 1998. Middle Triassic cnidarians from the New Pass Range, central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):246-256 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Astrocoenia martini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceriostella martini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ceriostella parva ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ceriostella variabilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Isastrea parva species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1998 | Ceriostella Roniewicz and Stanley |
| 2002 | Ceriostella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2013 | Ceriostella Roniewicz and Stanley p. 953 |
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!
