Acropora saludensis

Acropora saludensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AcroporaPBDB
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 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 31 occurrencesOligocene — about 11 of 31 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 15 of 31 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 5 of 31 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 31 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 1.0 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 3 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 3 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 3 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 3 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 3 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences11–9.6 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences9.6–8.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences8.5–7.4 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences7.4–6.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.3–5.2 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.2–4.1 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.1–3.0 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.0–2.0 Mya — about 2 occurrences27.3 Mya3.6 Mya34.5 Mya2 Mya

31 occurrences of Acropora saludensis 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

31 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

Antigua — 17.12°N, 61.85°WAntigua — 17.05°N, 61.73°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.73°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WCulebra — 9.13°N, 79.62°WCulebra — 9.18°N, 79.78°WAnguilla — 18.23°N, 63.07°WMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WRiviere Gauche — 18.37°N, 72.65°WLirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WSan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WLa Quinta — 17.08°N, 92.45°WRio Lajas Limestone — 16.83°N, 92.92°WSanta Ana — 16.83°N, 92.95°WCastillo — 11.00°N, 70.50°W

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The named rock units Acropora saludensis 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.

Acropora saludensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Acropora saludensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

117 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 17 sites for Acropora saludensis, 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

12 references

Each of the 31 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. 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 Acropora saludensis

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

No 3D scan of Acropora saludensis was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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What may have been alongside itAcropora through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vaughan 1919