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Flabellum conoideum ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum conoideum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum conoideum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Flabellum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Flabellum conoideum Vaughan, 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Vaughan, T.W. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Flabellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Flabellum) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Flabellum) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Flabellum) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Flabellum conoideum conoideum subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Flabellum conoideum matthewsense subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Flabellum texense Vaughan & Popenoe, 1935 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum texense |
Flabellum conoideum matthewsense Vaughan, 1900 | GBIF | variety | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum conoideum matthewsense |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Flabellum conoideum Vaughan |
1935 | Flabellum texense Vaughan and Popenoe |
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!