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Brachyseris ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : Brachyseris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae : Brachyseris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Brachyseris Alloiteau, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | An. Esc. Peritos Agric. Barcelona, 6 (1946-47) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 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 Latomeandridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | asexual (based on Latomeandridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Brachyseris besairiei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Brachyseris chellalensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Brachyseris curtata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Brachyseris montemarina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Brachyseris wellsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Latimaeandra curtata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1947 | Brachyseris Alloiteau |
1956 | Brachyseris Wells |
1986 | Brachyseris Beauvais |
2002 | Brachyseris 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!