Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Caryophyllia : Acanthocyathus spinosa |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Acanthocyathus spinosa | species | belongs to Acanthocyathus | stated with evidence | Umbgrove, 1950 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene |
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Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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Motility | stationary, attached (based on Caryophylliidae) |
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Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Caryophyllia) |
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Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Caryophylliidae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database. |
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