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Montlivaltiidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 399 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Montlivaltiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. C. Baron-Szabo, A. Hamedani, and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2003. Scleractinian corals from Lower Cretaceous deposits north of Esfahan (central Iran). Facies 48:199-216 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Montlivaltiinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 673 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Placosmiliinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Brevimaeandra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Ceratothecia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Clausastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 106 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Coenotheca genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Complexastraeopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Complexastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 88 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Confusastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Cyathophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Cyathophylliopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Dimorphocoenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Dimorphocoeniopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Elasmophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Ellipsosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Goldfussastraea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Goldfussastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Isastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 407 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Mapucheastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Margarastreopsis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Nerthastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Neuquinosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Paraclausastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Paraphyllogyra ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Peplosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Placosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 56 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Puschastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Rhabdophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Thecomeandra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Thecosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 333 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Trochophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Trochosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 81 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 20.4 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1926 | Montlivaltiidae Dietrich |
| 1956 | Montlivaltiidae Wells |
| 1997 | Montlivaltiidae Turnsek |
| 2003 | Montlivaltiidae Baron-Szabo et al. |
| 2005 | Montlivaltiidae Morycowa and Misik |
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!
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