Stylophora granulata

Stylophora granulata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StylophoraPBDB
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 20 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 2 of 75 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 33 of 75 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 31 of 75 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 9 of 75 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences7.4–6.5 Mya — about 4 occurrences6.5–5.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences5.6–4.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 17 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 9 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 4 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences23.04 Mya2.58 Mya27.8 Mya0 Mya

75 occurrences of Stylophora granulata 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

75 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

Seroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WValiente — 9.13°N, 81.90°WValiente — 9.15°N, 81.94°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.32°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.34°N, 61.43°WTamiami — 26.14°N, 81.77°WTamiami — 26.13°N, 81.48°WLa Quinta — 17.18°N, 92.63°WLa Quinta — 17.08°N, 92.45°WBelmont — 12.44°N, 61.47°WOld Pera — 17.87°N, 76.28°WHope Gate — 18.47°N, 77.40°WPucangan — 7.23°S, 112.75°ESign — 18.48°N, 77.58°WLirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WPunta Pelada — 9.95°N, 84.60°WCastillo — 11.00°N, 70.50°WUrraca — 9.43°N, 82.32°WGurabo — 19.50°N, 70.80°W

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The named rock units Stylophora granulata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 10 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Stylophora granulata and its relatives

Miocene

Where Stylophora granulata and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

239 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 52 sites for Stylophora granulata, 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

20 references

Each of the 75 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. 8 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

Picture of Stylophora granulata

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itStylophora through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Duncan 1864