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Eocolumastrea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Columastreidae : Eocolumastrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. Bonilla, M.A. López-Horgue, and PA Fernandez-Mendiola. 2018. Morphological diversity of Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Scleractinian corals, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain. Jornadas de Paleontología y IV Congreso Ibérico de Paleontología |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eocolumastrea gortanii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Eocolumastrea rosae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2015 | Eocolumastrea Loeser and Zell |
2018 | Eocolumastrea Bonilla et al. |
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!