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Tabulata ✝
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| Rank | subclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Tabulata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | tabulate coral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Auloporida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1,934 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Favositida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 6,509 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Halysitida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Heliolitida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 2,014 | 488 Ma Cambrian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Lichenariida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 255 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Sarcinulida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 189 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Tetradiida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Mirandellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Calapoeciinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Acaciaporella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Columnopora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Cornwallatia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Expressophyllum ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Fainella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Flindersipora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hemiplasmopora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Jiangshanolites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kimilites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kitakamilia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ligulodictyum ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Liopora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Mesoculipora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 441 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
| Moorowipora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Navoites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nitkovicepora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pachypseudoplasmopora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Plasmadictyon ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Procatenipora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Pseudoflecteria ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudotetradium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Rhacopora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Shanxipora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Spirapora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Subcladopora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Sytovaelites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Tectamichelina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Tetraporella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Turnacipora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Victorilites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Visbylites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Volnovakhipora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Yaoxianopora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Tabulata Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1959 | Tabulata Langenheim, Jr. and McCutcheon p. 99 |
| 1964 | Tabulata Klaamann |
| 1988 | Tabulata Edwards |
| 2002 | Tabulata Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Tabulata Kiessling |
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!
