Microphyllia elevata

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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 6 million years on record.

The record covers at least 143.1 Mya to 137.05 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 149.2 Mya to 132.6 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 2 of 12 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 11 of 12 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous150–149 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences149–149 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences149–148 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences148–147 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences147–147 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences147–146 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences146–146 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences146–145 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences145–144 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences144–144 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences144–143 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences143–143 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences143–142 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences142–141 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences141–141 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences141–140 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences140–140 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences140–139 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences139–139 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences139–138 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences138–137 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences137–137 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences137–136 Mya — about 1 occurrence136–136 Mya — about 1 occurrence136–135 Mya — about 1 occurrence135–134 Mya — about 1 occurrence134–134 Mya — about 1 occurrence134–133 Mya — about 1 occurrence133–133 Mya — about 1 occurrence133–132 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences143.1 Mya137.05 Mya149.7 Mya132.1 Mya

12 occurrences of Microphyllia elevata on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

12 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

1 formation

Slivnitsa — 42.77°N, 22.75°E

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

Microphyllia elevata and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Microphyllia elevata and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

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

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 12 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 content0

No picture of Microphyllia elevata was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Microphyllia elevata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Microphyllia elevata was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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 itMicrophyllia through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Roniewicz 2008