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Coryphylliidae
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Coryphylliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Coryphylliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Axotrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Flexastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Khytrastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Margarogyra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Nevadoseris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Noriphyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Parathecosmilia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pokljukosmilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1980 | Coryphylliidae Beauvais |
| 1986 | Coryphylliidae Beauvais |
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!
