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Stylophora granulata

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8663665https://www.gbif.org/species/8663665
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)139373https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139373
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora : Stylophora granulata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora : Stylophora granulata
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciesStylophora granulataDuncan & Wall 1865
Generic NameStylophora
Scientific NameStylophora granulata Duncan & Wall, 1865
Name Published InDuncan, P.M., Wall, G.P. (1865). A Notice of the Geology of Jamaica, especially with reference to the district of Clarendon; with descriptions of the Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene Corals of the islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 21: 1-15, pls. 1-2.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Stylophora granulataspeciesbelongs to Stylophorastated with evidenceDuncan, 1864
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietmicrocarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1974. Cenozoic Reef Biofacies. Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1864Stylophora granulata Duncan
2005Stylophora granulata López-Pérez p. 81

References

Frost S. H., Langenheim, Jr. R. L. (1974) Cenozoic Reef Biofacies, Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press, 1-388
Duncan, P.M., Wall, G.P. (1865). A Notice of the Geology of Jamaica, especially with reference to the district of Clarendon; with descriptions of the Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene Corals of the islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 21: 1-15, pls. 1-2. - via World Register of Marine Species
Duncan, P.M., Wall, G.P. (1865) A Notice of the Geology of Jamaica, especially with reference to the district of Clarendon; with descriptions of the Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene Corals of the islands: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 21: 1-15, pls. 1-2. - via Catalogue of Life
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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