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Craterastraea ✝
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Craterastraea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Craterastraea Beauvais, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Annales Paleont. (Invert.) 64 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 122 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 1978. Révision des topotypes de madréporaires bathoniens de Cutch (Inde). Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébres) 64(1):47-77 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Craterastraea crateriformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Thamnasteria crateriformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1978 | Craterastraea Beauvais |
2002 | Craterastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Craterastraea Pandey and Fürsich |
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!