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Trochoseris ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Trochoseris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Trochoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Milne Edwards H, Haime J. 1849. Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). Annales Des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie 11: 233–312. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Fungia berica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeoseris persica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris aperta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Trochoseris berica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Trochoseris catadupensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris clavus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris dachiardii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Trochoseris eturbensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris florescens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Trochoseris gerthi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Trochoseris helianthoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Trochoseris hupei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris lobata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Trochoseris meinzeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris persica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Trochoseris poculum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris semiplana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Trochoseris shattucki ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Trochoseris sinuosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris tombecki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoseris woodsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Palaeoceris | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Palaeoceris |
| Palaeoseris Duncan, 1870 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Palaeoseris |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Trochoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1880 | Elliptoseris Duncan |
| 1941 | Trochoseris Wells p. 310 |
| 1956 | Elliptoseris Wells |
| 1956 | Trochoseris Wells |
| 2002 | Elliptoseris Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Trochoseris Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
