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Pironastrea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Pironastrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pironastrea d'Achiardi, 1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Siderastreidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 sangkoelirangensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pironastrea anguillensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
| Pironastrea antiguensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Pironastrea discoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Pironastrea lamellosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Pironastrea sangkoelirangensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1875 | Pironastrea d'Achiardi |
| 1956 | Pironastrea Wells |
| 2002 | Pironastrea 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!
