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Protoseris ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : Protoseris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Protoseris Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | 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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Meandrina placenta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Protoseris choffati species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Protoseris jaccardi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Protoseris placenta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Protoseris recurvata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Protoseris robusta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Protoseris suevica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Protoseris waltoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1851 | Protoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime |
1956 | Protoseris Wells |
2002 | Protoseris 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!