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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Mesomorpha : Mesomorpha magna |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Curtoseriidae : Mesomorpha : Mesomorpha magna |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Mesomorpha |
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Scientific Name | Mesomorpha magna Beauvais & Nouiouat, 1993 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Mesomorpha magna | species | belongs to Mesomorpha | stated with evidence | Beauvais and Nouiouat, 1993 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 152 Ma Jurassic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 164 - 152 Ma Jurassic |
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Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) |
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Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) |
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Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Beauvais and S. Nouiouat. 1993. Une nouvelle faune de coralliaire jurassiques dans l'Atlas sahariens d'Algerie [A new Jurassic coral fauna from the Saharan Atlas of Algeria]. Geobios 26(3):291-318 |
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