Astraeomorpha confusa

Astraeomorpha confusa

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AstraeomorphaPBDB
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 9.6 million years on record.

The record covers at least 215.38 Mya to 205.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 41 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 41 of 41 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 41 occurrences238–236 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences236–235 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences235–234 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences234–233 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences233–232 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences232–230 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences230–229 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences229–228 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences228–227 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences227–225 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences225–224 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences224–223 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences223–222 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences222–220 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences220–219 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences219–218 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences218–217 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences217–215 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences215–214 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences214–213 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences213–212 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences212–211 Mya — about 2 occurrences211–209 Mya — about 3 occurrences209–208 Mya — about 3 occurrences208–207 Mya — about 3 occurrences207–206 Mya — about 3 occurrences206–204 Mya — about 5 occurrences204–203 Mya — about 5 occurrences203–202 Mya — about 5 occurrences202–201 Mya — about 2 occurrences215.38 Mya205.7 Mya237.7 Mya200.7 Mya

41 occurrences of Astraeomorpha confusa 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

41 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

16 formations

Bortepa — 37.50°N, 74.50°EBortepa — 37.47°N, 74.73°EBortepa — 37.33°N, 75.00°EBortepa — 39.27°N, 73.45°ELuning — 38.43°N, 118.05°WLuning — 38.35°N, 117.94°WNayband — 33.12°N, 51.98°ENayband — 32.37°N, 57.47°ENayband — 34.06°N, 58.08°ECalcare di Zu — 45.78°N, 9.80°ECalcare di Zu — 45.72°N, 9.93°ECalcare di Zu — 45.80°N, 9.67°EZlambach — 47.62°N, 13.73°EZlambach — 47.50°N, 13.50°EZlambach — 47.55°N, 13.65°EDachstein — 47.45°N, 13.07°EDachstein — 47.63°N, 13.17°EAdnet — 47.70°N, 13.17°EShaimak — 37.50°N, 74.50°EPanormide — 38.13°N, 13.38°EChambara — 10.85°S, 76.17°WFatra — 49.15°N, 19.60°ENehenta — 55.30°N, 131.79°WParson Bay — 48.82°N, 124.03°WNutekin — 63.40°N, 176.99°EMartin Bridge — 44.95°N, 117.33°WKeuper — 47.72°N, 11.98°E

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The named rock units Astraeomorpha confusa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 12 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Astraeomorpha confusa and its relatives

Late Triassic

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

Found in the same rock

524 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 38 sites for Astraeomorpha confusa, 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

29 references

Each of the 41 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. 17 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

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Picture of Astraeomorpha confusa

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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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

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

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Winckler 1861)