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Dendraraea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Dendraraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Dendraraea d'Orbigny, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Note Polyp. Foss. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 174 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Microsolenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Microsolenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Alveopora racemosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dendraraea anzoateguensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Dendraraea arborescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dendraraea dendroidea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Dendraraea excelsa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Dendraraea mammelonata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Dendraraea pauciradiata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dendraraea racemosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Dendrarea pulchella ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Microsolena dendroidea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Microsolena excelsa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnarea arborescens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Thamnarea mammelonata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnarea pulchella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Dendraroea d'Orbigny, 1850 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Dendraroea |
| Dendrarea d'Orbigny, 1849 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Dendrarea |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Dendraraea d'Orbigny |
| 1969 | Dendraraea Fischer |
| 1985 | Dendraraea Draganescu and Beauvais |
| 2002 | Dendraraea Baron-Szabo |
| 2002 | Dendraraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Dendraraea 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!
