Caryophyllia clavus

Caryophyllia clavus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CaryophylliaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Caryophyllia
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 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 7.246 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesOligocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 2 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 3 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.7–6.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.7–5.8 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences5.8–4.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23.04 Mya7.246 Mya34.5 Mya4.8 Mya

3 occurrences of Caryophyllia clavus on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

3 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

2 formations

Carapita — 9.97°N, 64.39°WSalayar — 6.18°S, 120.43°E

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The named rock units Caryophyllia clavus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Caryophyllia clavus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Caryophyllia clavus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Caryophyllia clavus, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

3 references

Each of the 3 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Caryophyllia clavus

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Caryophyllia clavus was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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 itCaryophyllia through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Michelin 1843