Clausastrea edwardsi

Clausastrea edwardsi

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 9.4 million years on record.

The record covers at least 170.9 Mya to 161.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 174.7 Mya to 154.8 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 3 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 3 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 2 of 3 occurrencesLate Jurassic175–175 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences175–174 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences174–173 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences173–172 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences172–172 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences172–171 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences171–170 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences162–161 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences161–161 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences161–160 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences160–159 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences159–158 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences158–158 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences158–157 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences156–156 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences156–155 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences155–154 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences170.9 Mya161.5 Mya175.2 Mya154.3 Mya

3 occurrences of Clausastrea edwardsi on record. 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

3 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

1 formation

Pu Khloe Phi — 16.08°N, 98.62°E

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The named rock units Clausastrea edwardsi has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Clausastrea edwardsi, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 3 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Clausastrea edwardsi

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

No 3D scan of Clausastrea edwardsi 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. de Fromentel 1861