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Dimorphofungia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Thamnasteriidae : Dimorphofungia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dimorphofungia Bonneau, Beauvais & Middlemiss, 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Annls Soc. Geol. N. 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 157 - 152 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 157 - 152 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | asexual (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Bonneau, L. Beauvais, and F. A. Middlemiss. 1974. L'unite de Miamou (Crete-Grece) et sa macrofaune d'age Jurassique superieur (Brachiopodes, Madreporaires) [The Miamou Unit (Crete, Greece) and its Upper Jurassic macrofauna (brachiopods, corals)]. Annales Societe Geologique du Nord 94(2):71-85 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dimorphofungia aubouini ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1974 | Dimorphofungia Bonneau et al. |
2002 | Dimorphofungia 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!