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Thecidiosmilia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastreidae : Thecidiosmilia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Thecidiosmilia Koby, 1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mém. Soc. Pal. Suisse, 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 109 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | R. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Monoaulastrea rawi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thecidiosmilia morycowae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Thecidiosmilia rawi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1888 | Thecidiosmilia Koby |
| 1999 | Thecidiosmilia Baron-Szabo and González-León p. 485 |
| 2009 | Monoaulastrea Löser 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!
