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Aspidiscus ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Cyclolitidae : Aspidiscus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Aspidiscus König, 1825 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Icones Foss. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 105 - 94 Ma Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | 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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Aspidiscus cristatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Cyclolites cristata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1825 | Aspidiscus Koenig |
1848 | Cyclophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
1956 | Aspidiscus Wells |
2002 | Aspidiscus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Cyclophyllia 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!