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Agatheliidae
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agatheliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Agatheliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 165 - 161 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 and M. Beauvais. 1975. Une nouvelle famille dans le sous-ordre des Stylinida All.: les Agatheliidae nov. fam. (Madréporaires mésozoiques). Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 17:576-581 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Agathelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Brachthelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Eothelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1975 | Agatheliidae Beauvais and Beauvais |
2002 | Agatheliidae 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!