Pavona

Pavona is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. These corals are found in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region.

Pavona

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AgariciidaePBDB
Diet
microcarnivore, photosymbioticPBDB, for Scleractinia
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, colonial, clonalPBDB, for Scleractinia
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Scleractinia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 61.66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 1 of 260 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 8 of 260 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 52 of 260 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 47 of 260 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 27 of 260 occurrencesPleistocene — about 102 of 260 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences61–59 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences59–57 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences55–52 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 7 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 7 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 7 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 14 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 14 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 8 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 8 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 8 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 5 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–10 Mya — about 4 occurrences10–8.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences8.4–6.3 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.3–4.2 Mya — about 13 occurrences4.2–2.1 Mya — about 26 occurrences2.1–0 Mya — about 117 occurrences56 Mya11.7 ka63 Mya0 Mya

260 occurrences of Pavona on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

260 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

37 formations

Salcedo — 45.77°N, 11.60°EBoat Cove — 29.28°S, 177.85°WBoat Cove — 29.22°S, 177.83°WBoat Cove — 29.23°S, 177.88°WNias — 1.12°N, 97.62°ENias — 1.03°N, 97.75°ENias — 0.92°N, 97.63°ENias — 0.97°N, 97.88°EEra Beds — 8.35°S, 146.28°ECastro Limestone — 40.02°N, 18.43°ETamana — 10.22°N, 61.37°WTamana — 10.46°N, 61.24°WTamana — 10.34°N, 61.43°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WCastelgomberto — 45.55°N, 11.45°ENuma — 34.97°N, 139.83°ESalayar — 6.18°S, 120.43°ESalayar — 5.90°S, 120.50°EGhasr Ghand — 26.50°N, 60.00°ECercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WPucangan — 7.23°S, 112.75°EMiyako-jima — 24.80°N, 125.28°ENabire — 3.60°S, 135.52°EFalun de Leognan — 44.66°N, 0.56°WRembang — 6.70°S, 111.33°ERembang — 6.97°S, 110.42°EEptachorion — 40.13°N, 21.14°ESobe — 26.39°N, 127.73°ETokelau — 17.22°S, 178.97°WNago Limestone — 45.89°N, 10.88°ESabz — 27.32°N, 57.12°ESondé — 8.00°S, 114.00°ERudeis — 27.62°N, 33.37°E

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The named rock units Pavona has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 13 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 147 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pavona and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pavona and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,017 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 101 sites for Pavona, 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

92 references

Each of the 260 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. 80 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 Pavona

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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