Goniopora somaliensis

Goniopora somaliensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GonioporaPBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Poritidae
Life habit
colonial, clonalPBDB, for Poritidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Poritidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Poritidae

Time the record covers

At most 2.2 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 15.98 Mya and 13.82 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Miocene — about 3 of 3 occurrencesMiocene16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16.48 Mya13.32 Mya

3 occurrences of Goniopora somaliensis on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

Yalam — 4.28°S, 151.83°ETokelau — 17.22°S, 178.97°W

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The named rock units Goniopora somaliensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Goniopora somaliensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Goniopora somaliensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

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

Entered from

1 reference

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 content2

Picture of Goniopora somaliensis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
not stated by the source
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3D scan

Licence
CC0 — this site’s default, not the record’s
Commercial use
the licence allows it
Specimen
Goniopora somaliensis

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. Vaughan 1907