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Ellipsosmiliidae
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Ellipsosmiliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ellipsosmiliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 197 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) | L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Duncanosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Macgeopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Polystylidium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Stereophyllia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Ellipsosmiliidae Alloiteau |
1986 | Ellipsosmiliidae Beauvais |
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!