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Andenipora ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Andenipora | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 199 - 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Prinz. 1991. Mesozoische Korallen aus Nordchile. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 216:147-209 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Andenipora liasica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1926 | Andenipora Gerth |
1991 | Andenipora Prinz |
References
Prinz P. (1991) Mesozoische Korallen aus Nordchile, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 216, 147-209 |
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!