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Craspedophyllia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Penicillaria : Arachnactidae : Craspedophyllia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Reimaniphylliidae : Craspedophyllia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Craspedophyllia Volz, 1896 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Palaeontogr., 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Reimaniphylliidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Volz. 1896. Die Korallen der Schichten von St Cassian in Süd-Tirol. Palaeontographica 43:1-124 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Axosmilia alpina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Craspedophyllia alpina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Craspedophyllia cristata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Craspedophyllia japonica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Craspedophyllia ramosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Craspedophyllia spinifera ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1896 | Craspedophyllia Volz |
| 1997 | Craspedophyllia Turnsek |
| 2002 | Craspedophyllia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Craspedophyllia Roniewicz et al. p. 295 |
| 2015 | Craspedophyllia Stanley and Onoue p. 11 |
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!
