Microphyllia contorta

Microphyllia contorta

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 9.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 161.5 Mya to 152.21 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 168.2 Mya to 149.2 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 1 of 7 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 6 of 7 occurrencesLate Jurassic169–168 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences168–167 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences167–167 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences167–166 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences166–165 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences165–165 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences165–164 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences164–163 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences163–163 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences163–162 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences162–161 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences161–161 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences161–160 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences160–159 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences159–159 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences159–158 Mya — about 1 occurrence158–157 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences157–157 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences156–155 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences155–155 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences155–154 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences154–153 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences153–153 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences153–152 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences152–151 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences151–151 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences151–150 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences150–149 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences149–149 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences161.5 Mya152.21 Mya168.7 Mya148.7 Mya

7 occurrences of Microphyllia contorta on record, most of them in the Late Jurassic. 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

7 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

5 formations

Korond — 34.17°N, 56.83°EKorond — 33.92°N, 57.33°EBaghamshah — 33.92°N, 57.33°EKamar-e-Mehdi — 33.00°N, 56.50°EAmaral — 39.02°N, 9.12°WValfin — 46.43°N, 5.85°E

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The named rock units Microphyllia contorta 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.

Microphyllia contorta and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Microphyllia contorta and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

108 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 4 sites for Microphyllia contorta, 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

3 references

Each of the 7 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 Microphyllia contorta

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Étallon 1859)