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Microsolenidae
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Microsolenidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 232 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anabacia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Araiophyllum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Chomatoseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Comoseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 152 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Dactylaraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Dendraraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 54 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Dermoseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 50 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Diechoraea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dimorpharaea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 129 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Disaraea ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eocomoseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 46 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Genabacia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Hydnophoromeandraraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Kobya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Larisolena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Litharaeopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Lophomeandra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Microsolena ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 456 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Microsolenastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mycetaraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Polyphyllastrea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polyphylloseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Semeloseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
| Tricycloseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Trocharea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Trochoplegma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Dimorpharea lentiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Latimaeandrarea cylindrica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Latimaeandrarea frondescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Latimaeandrarea helvelloides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1890 | Microsolenidae Koby |
| 1956 | Microsolenidae Wells |
| 1997 | Microsolenidae Baron-Szabo p. 82 |
| 1997 | Microsolenidae Turnsek |
| 2000 | Microsolenidae Pandey et al. |
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!
