Caryophyllia

Caryophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to 2,670 metres (8,760 ft).

Caryophyllia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CaryophylliidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
low-level epifaunal, solitary, clonalPBDB, for Caryophylliidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Caryophylliidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 184 million years on record.

The record covers at least 184.2 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 192.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 1 of 348 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 348 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 6 of 348 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 6 of 348 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 31 of 348 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 65 of 348 occurrencesEocene — about 17 of 348 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 39 of 348 occurrencesMiocene — about 117 of 348 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 19 of 348 occurrencesPleistocene — about 47 of 348 occurrences197–190 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences190–184 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences164–157 Mya — about 2 occurrences151–144 Mya — about 4 occurrences144–138 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences118–111 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences111–105 Mya — about 2 occurrences105–98 Mya — about 4 occurrences98–92 Mya — about 2 occurrences92–85 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences85–79 Mya — about 3 occurrences79–72 Mya — about 2 occurrences72–66 Mya — about 27 occurrences66–59 Mya — about 60 occurrences59–52 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences52–46 Mya — about 2 occurrences46–39 Mya — about 6 occurrences39–33 Mya — about 10 occurrences33–26 Mya — about 13 occurrences26–20 Mya — about 34 occurrences20–13 Mya — about 58 occurrences13–6.6 Mya — about 45 occurrences6.6–0 Mya — about 71 occurrences184.2 Mya129 ka197 Mya0 Mya

348 occurrences of Caryophyllia on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

348 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

59 formations

Termofourà — 45.07°N, 7.82°EWills Point — 30.27°N, 97.73°WWills Point — 30.08°N, 97.50°WWills Point — 30.23°N, 97.52°WWills Point — 29.89°N, 97.67°WWills Point — 28.71°N, 100.50°WWills Point — 31.74°N, 96.55°WWills Point — 30.59°N, 97.30°WWills Point — 30.53°N, 97.25°WWills Point — 28.83°N, 100.18°WWills Point — 29.75°N, 97.70°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.46°N, 97.39°WKincaid — 32.44°N, 96.23°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 29.77°N, 97.68°WKincaid — 30.43°N, 97.33°WKincaid — 32.47°N, 96.15°WGrafenberg — 51.55°N, 6.60°EGrafenberg — 51.08°N, 6.32°EDakhla — 25.33°N, 30.58°EAgatdal — 70.58°N, 53.10°WLincoln Creek — 47.25°N, 123.48°WLincoln Creek — 46.28°N, 123.80°WPirabas — 1.03°S, 47.15°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.30°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.73°N, 118.33°WMaastricht — 50.82°N, 5.70°EMassenkalk — 48.68°N, 10.22°EKorallenoolith — 52.25°N, 9.57°EBuda Limestone — 31.45°N, 106.55°WBuda Limestone — 30.28°N, 97.75°WKorytnica Clays — 50.67°N, 20.52°EPucangan — 7.23°S, 112.75°ESicilian — 38.15°N, 15.65°EBlakeley — 47.58°N, 122.52°WGrand Bay — 12.47°N, 61.42°WMiria — 23.02°S, 114.08°ETimms Point Silt — 33.71°N, 118.27°WLajta Limestone — 47.89°N, 18.78°ESables a Nummulites variolarius — 49.25°N, 2.50°EMesilla Valley Shale — 31.45°N, 106.55°WUpper Kalibeng — 7.25°S, 110.67°E

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The named rock units Caryophyllia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 35 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 200 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Caryophyllia and its relatives

Miocene

Where Caryophyllia and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,496 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 105 sites for Caryophyllia, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

111 references

Each of the 348 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. 99 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 content2

Picture of Caryophyllia

Credit
Seascapeza
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lamarck 1801