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Dendrophylliidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 33 (18%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | J. W. Wells. 1956. Scleractinia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:328-444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aplopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Areopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Astroides genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 13.7 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Balanophyllia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 341 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Bathypsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Blastozopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Cahuzacopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Calostylopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Dendrophyllia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 198 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dichopsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Duncanopsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Enallopsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Endopachys genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 99 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Endopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Heteropsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lamellophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Leptopsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Cup Coral | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Lobopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Makridinophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Notophyllia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Paleoastroides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Reussopsammia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Rhabdopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Rhizopsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Stereopsammia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Stichopsammia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Thecopsammia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tubastraea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Turbinaria genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 101 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Wadeopsammia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1847 | Dendrophylliidae Gray |
| 1956 | Dendrophylliidae Wells |
References
| Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444 |
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!
Lake Nacogdoches spillway, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA