Astraeomorpha

Astraeomorpha

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AstraeomorphidaePBDB
Diet
microcarnivore, photosymbioticPBDB, for Scleractinia
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, colonial, clonalPBDB, for Scleractinia
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Scleractinia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 31 million years on record.

The record covers at least 237 Mya to 205.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 241.464 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 1 of 138 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 137 of 138 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 138 occurrences242–241 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences241–239 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences239–238 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences238–237 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences237–235 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences235–234 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences234–233 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences233–231 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences231–230 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences230–228 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences228–227 Mya — about 1 occurrence227–226 Mya — about 3 occurrences226–224 Mya — about 3 occurrences224–223 Mya — about 3 occurrences223–221 Mya — about 3 occurrences221–220 Mya — about 3 occurrences220–219 Mya — about 3 occurrences219–217 Mya — about 3 occurrences217–216 Mya — about 3 occurrences216–214 Mya — about 3 occurrences214–213 Mya — about 2 occurrences213–212 Mya — about 2 occurrences212–210 Mya — about 6 occurrences210–209 Mya — about 8 occurrences209–208 Mya — about 8 occurrences208–206 Mya — about 8 occurrences206–205 Mya — about 17 occurrences205–203 Mya — about 21 occurrences203–202 Mya — about 21 occurrences202–201 Mya — about 9 occurrences237 Mya205.7 Mya242.3 Mya200.6 Mya

138 occurrences of Astraeomorpha on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

138 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

31 formations

Calcare di Zu — 46.05°N, 9.05°ECalcare di Zu — 45.78°N, 9.50°ECalcare di Zu — 45.77°N, 9.68°ECalcare di Zu — 45.85°N, 9.42°ECalcare di Zu — 45.82°N, 9.58°ECalcare di Zu — 45.78°N, 9.80°ECalcare di Zu — 45.72°N, 9.90°ECalcare di Zu — 45.75°N, 9.90°EBortepa — 37.50°N, 74.50°EBortepa — 37.47°N, 74.73°EBortepa — 37.33°N, 75.00°EBortepa — 39.27°N, 73.45°EZlambach — 47.62°N, 13.73°EZlambach — 47.50°N, 13.50°EZlambach — 47.55°N, 13.65°EZlambach — 47.57°N, 13.28°EZlambach — 47.75°N, 13.50°ENayband — 33.12°N, 51.98°ENayband — 32.37°N, 57.47°ENayband — 34.06°N, 58.08°EDachstein — 47.45°N, 13.07°EDachstein — 47.50°N, 13.50°EDachstein — 47.63°N, 13.17°EDachstein — 48.00°N, 16.42°EParson Bay — 48.86°N, 124.23°WParson Bay — 48.82°N, 124.03°WLuning — 38.43°N, 118.05°WLuning — 38.35°N, 117.94°WMartin Bridge — 44.97°N, 117.23°WMartin Bridge — 45.10°N, 116.78°WMartin Bridge — 44.95°N, 117.33°WAdnet — 47.70°N, 13.17°EShaimak — 37.50°N, 74.50°EChambara — 10.85°S, 76.17°WMartin Bridge Limestone — 45.12°N, 116.83°WMartin Bridge Limestone — 46.33°N, 116.73°WAksala — 61.07°N, 134.88°WNehenta — 55.30°N, 131.79°WNutekin — 63.40°N, 176.99°EJebel Wasa — 24.70°N, 55.87°EHanwang — 31.63°N, 104.40°EAugusta — 39.61°N, 117.48°WChichkautek — 37.78°N, 74.25°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°EPanormide — 38.13°N, 13.38°EAsinepe Limestone — 3.00°S, 129.00°EAntimonio — 30.72°N, 112.55°WYak Kharka — 28.67°N, 84.25°E

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The named rock units Astraeomorpha has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 43 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Astraeomorpha and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Astraeomorpha and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

933 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 94 sites for Astraeomorpha, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

59 references

Each of the 138 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 47 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Astraeomorpha

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Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Astraeomorpha was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itAstraeomorphidae through timeFormations of the Late TriassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Reuss 1854