Porites portoricensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PoritesPBDB
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 least 24 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 774 ka.

Eocene — about 0 of 87 occurrencesOligocene — about 14 of 87 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 41 of 87 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 30 of 87 occurrencesPleistocene — about 2 of 87 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 3 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 3 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 3 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 4 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 4 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 2 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.3–8.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.2–7.0 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.0–5.9 Mya — about 7 occurrences5.9–4.7 Mya — about 11 occurrences4.7–3.6 Mya — about 13 occurrences3.6–2.4 Mya — about 9 occurrences2.4–1.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.3–111 ka Mya — about 0.5 occurrences27.3 Mya2.58 Mya34.6 Mya111 ka

87 occurrences of Porites portoricensis on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

87 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

20 formations

Cercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WCercado — 19.48°N, 71.27°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 71.07°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.30°WGurabo — 19.51°N, 71.18°WAnguilla — 18.23°N, 63.07°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WAntigua — 17.12°N, 61.85°WAntigua — 17.03°N, 61.73°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.70°WMao — 19.57°N, 71.27°WMao — 19.53°N, 71.18°WSiamaná — 12.07°N, 71.44°WSiamaná — 12.03°N, 71.42°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WSeroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WArcadia — 27.88°N, 82.48°WArcadia — 27.95°N, 82.37°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.67°WCulebra — 9.76°N, 79.68°WMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.05°WBaitoa — 19.35°N, 70.72°WOld Pera — 17.87°N, 76.28°WAgua Clara — 11.00°N, 70.33°WCastillo — 11.00°N, 70.50°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WValiente — 9.15°N, 81.94°WPepino — 18.30°N, 66.92°W

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The named rock units Porites portoricensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Porites portoricensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Porites portoricensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

245 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 55 sites for Porites portoricensis, 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

14 references

Each of the 87 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. 2 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 content0

No picture of Porites portoricensis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Porites portoricensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Porites portoricensis 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Vaughan 1919)