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Balanophyllia variabilis ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia variabilis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Balanophyllia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Balanophyllia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California Publications 9(5):59-76 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1916 | Balanophyllia variabilis Nomland |
1942 | Balanophyllia variabilis Weaver p. 1 |
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!