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Cerioheterastraea ✝
Description | Cerioheterastraea is an extinct genus of prehistoric stony corals in the extinct family Stylophyllidae. Species are from the Trias of China and the Russian Federation. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerioheterastraea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Cerioheterastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cerioheterastraea Cuif, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris (Sci. Terre) 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Stylophyllidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stylophyllidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylophyllidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Stylophyllidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerioheterastraea |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cerioheterastraea cerioidea ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Cerioheterastraea Cuif |
2002 | Cerioheterastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Cerioheterastraea Kiessling |
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!