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Convexastrea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Convexastrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Convexastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Note Polyp. Foss. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 151 - 140 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | U. Lauxmann. 1991. Revision der oberjurassischen Korallen von Württemberg (SW-Deutschland), exclusive Fungiina. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 219:107-175 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Convexastrea abadiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Convexastrea dijitiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Convexastrea etalloni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Convexastrea kiliani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Convexastrea portlandica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Convexastrea pustulosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Convexastrea weaveri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Cryptocoenia pustulosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Convexastrea d'Orbigny |
| 1955 | Convexastrea Geyer |
| 1991 | Convexastrea Lauxmann |
| 2002 | Convexastraea 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!
