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Faviicae
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Source Data |
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviicae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 163 (14%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. W. Wells. 1956. Scleractinia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:328-444 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anthemiphylliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Faviidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3,278 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Meandrinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 414 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Merulinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3,122 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Montlivaltiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,927 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Pectiniidae family | listed (PBDB) | 74 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Rhizangiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 275 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Tropiphyllidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Faviicae Gregory |
1956 | Faviicae Wells |
1986 | Faviicae Stanley, Jr. |
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!