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Ceriostella parva β
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pamiroseriidae : Ceriostella : Ceriostella parva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Pamiroseriidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1927 | Cyathocoenia parva Smith |
1927 | Isastrea parva Smith p. 128 figs. Pl 114, figs 7-9 |
1979 | Cyathocoenia parva Montanaro-Gallitelli et al. |
1979 | Elysastraea parva Stanley |
2013 | Ceriostella parva Roniewicz and Stanley p. 954 figs. 8.11, 8.12 |
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!