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Mixastraea ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae : Mixastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Mixastraea Roniewicz, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeont. Pol. No. 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 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) | E. Roniewicz. 1976. Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica 34:17-121 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mixastraea danubica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Mixastraea polyseptata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Mixastraea westfalica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Mixastraea Roniewicz |
2002 | Mixastraea 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!