Scolymia

Scolymia, commonly called scoly coral, is a genus of large-polyp stony corals (Scleractinia). These animals are believed date back to the Miocene with three extant species present in the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.

Scolymia

Jessica Rosenkrantz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 43 occurrencesMiocene — about 13 of 43 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 6 of 43 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 22 of 43 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.3–5.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.5–4.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.1–2.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 6 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 7 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 9 occurrences15.98 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

43 occurrences of Scolymia 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

43 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

19 formations

Moin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WBoat Cove — 29.22°S, 177.83°WBoat Cove — 29.23°S, 177.88°WIronshore — 19.38°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.33°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WTamiami — 26.13°N, 81.48°WGhasr Ghand — 26.50°N, 60.00°EManchioneal — 18.18°N, 76.42°WMut — 36.83°N, 33.47°EGashr Ghand — 26.02°N, 61.01°ESabz — 27.32°N, 57.12°EDarkhunish — 26.53°N, 57.58°EBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WHope Gate — 18.47°N, 77.40°WEra Beds — 8.35°S, 146.28°ESan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WPort Morant — 17.87°N, 76.32°WDayrell — 29.23°S, 177.82°WUrraca — 9.43°N, 82.28°WSeroe Domi — 12.14°N, 68.99°W

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The named rock units Scolymia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Scolymia and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Scolymia and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

382 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 21 sites for Scolymia, 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

16 references

Each of the 43 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. 4 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 Scolymia

Credit
Jessica Rosenkrantz
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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. Haime 1852