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Stylophyllopsis victoriae ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Stylophyllopsis : Stylophyllopsis victoriae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 199 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Stylophyllidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stylophyllidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylophyllidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Stylophyllidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. D. Stanley, Jr. and L. Beauvais. 1994. Corals from an Early Jurassic coral reef in British Columbia: refuge on an oceanic island reef. Lethaia 27:35-47 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1867 | Montlivaltia victoriae Duncan |
1994 | Stylophyllopsis victoriae Senowbari-Daryan and Stanley, Jr. p. 53 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2 |
1994 | Stylophyllopsis victoriae Stanley, Jr. and Beauvais p. 40 |
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!