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Cyathophora minima

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9377733https://www.gbif.org/species/9377733
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)100806https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100806
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Etallonasteria : Cyathophora minima
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Etallonasteria : Cyathophora minima
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusEtallonasteria
speciesCyathophora minimaEtallon 1864
Generic NameCyathophora
Scientific NameCyathophora minima (Etallon, 1864)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Etallonasteria minimaspeciesbelongs to Convexastreastated without evidenceKoby, 1881
Etallonasteria minimaspeciesbelongs to Adelocoeniastated without evidenceBeauvais, 1964
Etallonasteria minimaspeciesbelongs to Cryptocoeniastated with evidenceBeauvais, 1964
Etallonasteria minimaspeciesbelongs to Etalloniastated without evidenceRoniewicz, 1966
Etallonasteria minimaspeciesbelongs to Etallonasteriastated with evidenceMorycowa and Decrouez, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Acroporidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Bonneau, L. Beauvais, and F. A. Middlemiss. 1974. L'unite de Miamou (Crete-Grece) et sa macrofaune d'age Jurassique superieur (Brachiopodes, Madreporaires) [The Miamou Unit (Crete, Greece) and its Upper Jurassic macrofauna (brachiopods, corals)]. Annales Societe Geologique du Nord 94(2):71-85

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Etallonasteria minima (Etallon, 1864)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Etallonasteria : Etallonasteria minima
Etallonia minima (Etallon, 1864)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Etallonasteria : Etallonia minima
Convexastrea minima (Etallon, 1864)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Etallonasteria : Convexastrea minima
Cryptocoenia minima (Etallon, 1864)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Etallonasteria : Cryptocoenia minima
Adelocoenia minima (Etallon, 1864)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Etallonasteria : Adelocoenia minima

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1881Convexastrea minima Koby
1964Adelocoenia minima Beauvais
1964Cryptocoenia minima Beauvais
1966Etallonia minima Roniewicz
1972Etallonia minima Turnsek
2006Etallonasteria minima Morycowa and Decrouez p. 807

References

Bonneau M., Beauvais L., et al (1974) L'unite de Miamou (Crete-Grece) et sa macrofaune d'age Jurassique superieur (Brachiopodes, Madreporaires) [The Miamou Unit (Crete, Greece) and its Upper Jurassic macrofauna (brachiopods, corals)], Annales Societe Geologique du Nord 94 2, 71-85
Roniewicz E. (1966) Les Madreporaires du Jurassic superieur de la bordure des Monts de Sainte-Croix, Pologne [Upper Jurassic Scleractinia from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland], Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 11 2, 157-264
Morycowa E., Decrouez D. (2006) Early Aptian scleractinian corals from the Upper Schrattenkalk of Hergiswil (Lucerne region, Helvetic Zone of central Switzerland), Revue de Paléobiologie 25 2, 791-838
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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