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Mesomorpha ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Mesomorpha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Curtoseriidae : Mesomorpha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Mesomorpha Pratz, 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pratz, E. (1882). Über die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen einiger Korallengattungen mit hauptsächlicher Berücksichtigung ihrer Septalstructur. Palaeontographica. 29: 81-124, pl. 14. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 235 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ahrdorffia chaetetoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Centrastrea excavata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mesomorpha andrusovi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha bussoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Mesomorpha chaetetoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha chatetetoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mesomorpha dubia ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
| Mesomorpha duncani ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha excavata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mesomorpha magna ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Mesomorpha mammillata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha minima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha newpassensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Mesomorpha ornata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha pesudomammosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Mesomorpha pseudomammosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mesomorpha punctata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha pyanovskae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha simionescui ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mesomorpha vaughani ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Microsolena dubia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porites mammillata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnasteria punctata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1877 | Stylomaeandra de Fromentel |
| 1883 | Mesomorpha Pratz |
| 1911 | Ahrdorffia Trauth |
| 1956 | Ahrdorffia Wells |
| 1976 | Mesomorpha Roniewicz |
| 1986 | Mesomorpha Beauvais |
| 2002 | Stylomaeandra Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni p. 58 |
| 2002 | Ahrdorffia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Mesomorpha Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Mesomorpha Baron-Szabo p. 66 |
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!
