Caulastrea

Caulastrea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MerulinidaePBDB
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 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 59.24 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 1 of 177 occurrencesEocene — about 21 of 177 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 48 of 177 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 40 of 177 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 28 of 177 occurrencesPleistocene — about 37 of 177 occurrences60–58 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 2 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 2 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–36 Mya — about 4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 5 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 6 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 6 occurrences30–28 Mya — about 6 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 10 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 14 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 10 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 5 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 6 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 6 occurrences16–14 Mya — about 6 occurrences14–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 1 occurrence10–8.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences8.1–6.0 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.0–4.0 Mya — about 13 occurrences4.0–2.0 Mya — about 29 occurrences2.0–0 Mya — about 28 occurrences56 Mya11.7 ka60 Mya0 Mya

177 occurrences of Caulastrea on record, most of them in the Oligocene. 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

177 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

44 formations

Moin — 9.97°N, 83.05°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.32°WIsla Colon — 9.35°N, 82.17°WCastro Limestone — 40.02°N, 18.43°ECastro Limestone — 39.85°N, 18.38°ESeroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WCastelgomberto — 45.58°N, 11.38°ECastelgomberto — 45.52°N, 11.40°EOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.43°WTamana — 10.33°N, 62.42°WQom — 34.64°N, 50.72°EQom — 31.50°N, 52.73°EQom — 29.31°N, 56.18°EUrraca — 9.43°N, 82.32°WUrraca — 9.45°N, 82.30°WUrraca — 9.38°N, 82.24°WGornji Grad — 46.28°N, 14.82°EGornji Grad — 46.33°N, 14.72°EGornji Grad — 46.38°N, 14.75°ESalayar — 6.18°S, 120.43°EMolare — 44.55°N, 8.43°ERudeis — 27.30°N, 33.58°ERudeis — 27.62°N, 33.37°ERudeis — 25.50°N, 34.65°EMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WAntigua — 17.14°N, 61.82°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.70°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WGuayanilla — 18.02°N, 66.78°WGuayanilla — 17.97°N, 66.92°WSalcedo — 45.77°N, 11.60°EEptachorion — 40.13°N, 21.14°EMao — 19.53°N, 71.18°WTokelau — 17.22°S, 178.97°WMut — 36.83°N, 33.47°ENago Limestone — 45.89°N, 10.88°E

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The named rock units Caulastrea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 20 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 52 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Caulastrea and its relatives

Oligocene

Where Caulastrea and its relatives were recorded in the Oligocene.

Found in the same rock

856 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 102 sites for Caulastrea, 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

71 references

Each of the 177 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. 59 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 Caulastrea

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dana 1846