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Stephanosmilia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Stephanosmilia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Stephanosmilia Fromentel, 1887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in d'Orbigny, Pal. Franç., (1) Terr. crét., 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Caryophylliidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | microcarnivore (based on Caryophylliidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Caryophylliidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Stephanosmilia madagascariensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Stephanosmilia perlata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stephanosmilia polydectes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1862 | Stephanosmilia Fromentel |
| 1956 | Stephanosmilia Wells |
| 1997 | Stephanosmilia Turnsek |
| 2002 | Stephanosmilia 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!
