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Haplaraea ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Astraraeidae : Haplaraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Haplaraea Milaschewitsch, 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Becker & Milaschewitz, Palaeontogr., 21 (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | 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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Haplaraea elegans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Haplaraea fragilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Haplaraea gracilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Leptophyllia fragilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1876 | Haplaraea Milaschewitsch |
1976 | Haplaraea Roniewicz |
1986 | Haplaraea Beauvais |
2002 | Haplaraera 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!