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Hindeastraea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Rhizangiidae : Hindeastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Hindeastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Hindeastraea White, 1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Geol. Mag., (N. S.) Dec. 3, 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Siderastreidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Hindeastraea discoidea ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Hindeastraea garloica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Hindeastraea mcanultyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Plesiosiderastraea garloica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1888 | Hindeastraea White |
1956 | Hindeastraea Wells |
1975 | Plesiosiderastraea Tchechmedjieva |
2002 | Plesiosiderastraea Baron-Szabo |
2002 | Hindeastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Plesiosiderastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Hindeastraea Baron-Szabo |
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!