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Brachymeandra ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Haplaraeidae : Brachymeandra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Brachymeandra Alloiteau, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Contribution à la Systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. Centre Natn. Rech. Sci., Paris 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 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 Haplaraeidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Adelastraea leptophyllia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Brachymeandra delphinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Brachymeandra facilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Brachymeandra leptophylla ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Brachymeandra silex ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Brachyseris silex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyathoseris facilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1957 | Brachymeandra Alloiteau |
| 1982 | Brachycoenia Beauvais |
| 2002 | Brachymeandra Baron-Szabo |
| 2002 | Brachycoenia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Brachymeandra 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!
