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Donacosmilidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Donacosmilidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early 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) | D. Turnsek. 1997. Mesozoic corals of Slovenia. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cylismilia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Parepismilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Prodonacosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 199 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Donacosmilidae Krasnov |
1976 | Donacosmiliidae Melnikova and Roniewicz |
1976 | Donacosmiliidae Roniewicz |
1997 | Donacosmilidae Turnsek |
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!