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Retiophyllia frechi

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4943375https://www.gbif.org/species/4943375
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)142348https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=142348
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Reimaniphylliidae : Retiophyllia : Retiophyllia frechi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Reimaniphylliidae : Retiophyllia : Retiophyllia frechi
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesRetiophyllia frechiRoniewicz 1989
Generic NameRetiophyllia
Scientific NameRetiophyllia frechi Roniewicz, 1989
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Retiophyllia frechispeciesbelongs to Retiophylliastated with evidenceRoniewicz, 1989
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance228 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Reimaniphylliidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Roniewicz. 1989. Triassic Corals of the Zlambach Beds, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Denkschriften 126:1-152

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1989Retiophyllia frechi Roniewicz
1994Retiophyllia frechi Stanley, Jr. p. 89 figs. Pl 4, figs 5-9; text-fig 7
2012Retiophyllia frechi Shepherd et al. p. 807 figs. 6.21, 6.22
2015Retiophyllia frechi Stanley and Onoue p. 10 figs. 6a-c

References

Roniewicz E. (1989) Triassic Corals of the Zlambach Beds, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Denkschriften 126, 1-152
Stanley, Jr. G. D. (1994) Upper Triassic corals from Peru, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233, 75-98
Shepherd H. M. E., Stanley G. D., et al (2012) Norian to Rhaetian scleractinian corals in the Ferdows patch reef (Nayband Formation, east central Iran), Journal of Paleontology 86, 801-812
Stanley G. D., Onoue T. (2015) Upper Triassic reef corals from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan, Facies 61 1, 1-27
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!
 
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