Syzygophyllia

Syzygophyllia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MussidaePBDB
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 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 48.07 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Eocene — about 2 of 27 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 6 of 27 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 16 of 27 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 27 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 27 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences47–46 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences43–41 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 3 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 3 occurrences16–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.4–4.8 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences4.8–3.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.2–1.7 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences41.03 Mya3.6 Mya49 Mya1.7 Mya

27 occurrences of Syzygophyllia 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

27 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

11 formations

Gurabo — 19.92°N, 71.57°WGurabo — 19.50°N, 70.80°WTermofourà — 45.07°N, 7.82°ESan Juan — 16.67°N, 93.08°WOymapimar Limestone — 37.30°N, 31.08°EKöprücay — 37.45°N, 31.25°EFalun de Leognan — 44.66°N, 0.56°WTamiami — 26.14°N, 81.77°WCurchia — 44.76°N, 22.47°EArcadia — 27.88°N, 82.48°WBrito — 11.35°N, 85.95°WLajta Limestone — 47.89°N, 18.78°E

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The named rock units Syzygophyllia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 14 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Syzygophyllia and its relatives

Miocene

Where Syzygophyllia and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

370 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 10 sites for Syzygophyllia, 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

15 references

Each of the 27 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. 3 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 Syzygophyllia

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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 itMussidae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Reuss 1860