Astreopora

Searched as Polysolenia. The Paleobiology Database treats Astreopora as the accepted name.

No picture of Astreopora 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 Astreopora, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 121 million years on record.

The record covers at least 121.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 132.6 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 2 of 368 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 3 of 368 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 7 of 368 occurrencesEocene — about 71 of 368 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 94 of 368 occurrencesMiocene — about 74 of 368 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 28 of 368 occurrencesPleistocene — about 82 of 368 occurrences135–131 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences131–126 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences126–122 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences122–117 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences117–113 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences113–108 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences90–86 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences86–81 Mya — about 1 occurrence81–77 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences77–72 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences72–68 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences68–63 Mya — about 2 occurrences63–59 Mya — about 3 occurrences59–54 Mya — about 4 occurrences54–50 Mya — about 6 occurrences50–45 Mya — about 9 occurrences45–41 Mya — about 12 occurrences41–36 Mya — about 24 occurrences36–32 Mya — about 31 occurrences32–27 Mya — about 28 occurrences27–23 Mya — about 55 occurrences23–18 Mya — about 18 occurrences18–14 Mya — about 17 occurrences14–9.0 Mya — about 18 occurrences9.0–4.5 Mya — about 28 occurrences4.5–0 Mya — about 109 occurrences121.4 Mya11.7 ka135 Mya0 Mya

368 occurrences of Astreopora on record, most of them in the Oligocene. 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

368 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

63 formations

Salcedo — 45.77°N, 11.60°ECastro Limestone — 40.00°N, 18.42°ECastro Limestone — 39.85°N, 18.38°EPromina — 43.95°N, 16.12°EPromina — 43.93°N, 16.07°ELower Coralline Limestone — 35.93°N, 14.44°ELower Coralline Limestone — 35.83°N, 14.44°ECulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WCastelgomberto — 45.58°N, 11.38°ECastelgomberto — 45.52°N, 11.40°ENias — 1.12°N, 97.62°ENias — 1.03°N, 97.75°EGornji Grad — 46.28°N, 14.82°EGornji Grad — 46.33°N, 14.72°EGornji Grad — 46.38°N, 14.75°EAntigua — 17.03°N, 61.73°WAntigua — 17.14°N, 61.82°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.70°WMolare — 44.50°N, 8.48°EMolare — 44.55°N, 8.44°EGhasr Ghand — 26.50°N, 60.00°ESan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WEptachorion — 40.13°N, 21.14°EYalam — 4.28°S, 151.83°EGatuncillo — 9.25°N, 79.63°WGatuncillo — 9.18°N, 79.55°WEra Beds — 8.35°S, 146.28°EGuayanilla — 18.02°N, 66.78°WGuayanilla — 17.97°N, 66.92°WSubmenilitic — 48.95°N, 16.77°ECalvene — 45.77°N, 11.60°EChattahoochee — 30.85°N, 84.62°WDubar — 11.24°N, 48.98°ESaidabad Coral Limestone — 29.30°N, 56.18°ESaidabad Coral Limestone — 29.22°N, 55.83°ESobe — 26.39°N, 127.73°EQom — 31.50°N, 52.73°E

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The named rock units Astreopora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 39 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 226 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Astreopora and its relatives

Oligocene

Where Astreopora and its relatives were recorded in the Oligocene.

Found in the same rock

1,321 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 115 sites for Astreopora, 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

131 references

Each of the 368 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. 119 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 content1

3D model

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

No picture of Astreopora 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 Astreopora, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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.

Keep going

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Reuss 1867