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Distichophylliina
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Distichophylliina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 158 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Coryphylliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Margarophyllidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Margarophylliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 289 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Reimaniphylliidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 624 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1980 | Distichophylliina Beauvais |
1986 | Distichophylliina Beauvais |
References
Beauvais L. (1986) Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco), Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194 1-3, 1-68 |
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!