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Cyclastraeidae ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Cyclastraeidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cyclastraeidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. Stolarski and E. Roniewicz. 2001. Towards a new synthesis of evolutionary relationships and classification of scleractinia. Journal of Paleontology 75(6):1090-1108 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Myriophyllum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1952 | Cyclastraeidae Alloiteau |
2001 | Cyclastraeidae Stolarski and Roniewicz |
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!