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Ellipsoidastraea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Conophylliidae : Ellipsoidastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Conophyllidae : Ellipsoidastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ellipsoidastraea Alloiteau, 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 183 - 170 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Ellipsoidastraea hemisphaerica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Ellipsoidastraea lucasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Ellipsoidastraea Alloiteau |
1986 | Ellipsoidastraea Beauvais |
2002 | Ellipsoidastraea 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!