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Eocomoseris ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Eocomoseris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Eocomoseris Melnikova, Roniewicz & Löser, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 63 (1-3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 228 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Microsolenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Microsolenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. K. Melnikova, E. Roniewicz, and H. Loeser. 1993. New microsolenid genus Eocomoseris (Scleractinia, Early Lias-Cenomanian). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 63(3):3-12 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eocomoseris gurumdyensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Eocomoseris lamellata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Eocomoseris ramosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocomoseris raueni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Spongiomorpha ramosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1993 | Eocomoseris Melnikova et al. |
2003 | Eocomoseris Baron-Szabo et al. |
2005 | Eocomoseris Götz 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!