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Tubicora
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Tubicora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Parasmiliidae : Tubicora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Tubicora Latham, 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Calamophyllia aylmeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tubicora aylmeri species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1929 | Tubicora Latham |
| 1958 | Sagittastraea Alloiteau and Tissier |
| 2002 | Sagittastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Tubicora Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2008 | Tubicora Kiessling |
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!
