Diploria

Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral, and is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It has a familiar, maze-like appearance.

Diploria

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
FaviinaePBDB
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 72 million years on record.

The record covers at least 72.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 83.6 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 2 of 211 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 211 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 1 of 211 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 14 of 211 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 8 of 211 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 31 of 211 occurrencesPleistocene — about 132 of 211 occurrences85–82 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences82–80 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences80–77 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences77–74 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences74–71 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences71–68 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences68–65 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences63–60 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences48–45 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences40–37 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences37–34 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 1 occurrence31–28 Mya — about 1 occurrence28–26 Mya — about 5 occurrences26–23 Mya — about 6 occurrences23–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–17 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences17–14 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences14–11 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences11–8.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.5–5.7 Mya — about 4 occurrences5.7–2.8 Mya — about 29 occurrences2.8–0 Mya — about 157 occurrences72.2 Mya11.7 ka85 Mya0 Mya

211 occurrences of Diploria on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

211 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

37 formations

Ironshore — 19.65°N, 80.10°WIronshore — 19.38°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.35°N, 81.08°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.38°WIronshore — 19.27°N, 81.33°WSan Luis — 12.50°N, 81.72°WSan Luis — 12.57°N, 81.72°WHato — 12.28°N, 69.07°WHato — 12.37°N, 69.10°WHato — 12.23°N, 69.02°WHato — 12.17°N, 68.88°WHato — 12.20°N, 69.08°WHato — 12.13°N, 68.98°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WKey Largo Limestone — 25.13°N, 80.38°WKey Largo Limestone — 24.93°N, 80.58°WMoin — 9.97°N, 83.05°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WIsla Colon — 9.37°N, 82.23°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.27°WMao — 19.53°N, 71.18°WMao — 19.57°N, 71.28°WMao — 19.55°N, 71.27°WBlanquilla — 11.85°N, 64.62°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.30°WUrraca — 9.38°N, 82.24°WUrraca — 9.45°N, 82.30°WAntigua — 17.10°N, 61.70°WAntigua — 17.05°N, 61.73°WLas Cahobas — 18.53°N, 72.54°WLas Cahobas — 18.51°N, 72.27°WMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WTamiami — 26.14°N, 81.77°WTamiami — 27.32°N, 82.45°WPort Morant — 17.87°N, 76.32°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WAmbergris Cay Limestone — 18.12°N, 87.82°WAmbergris Cay Limestone — 18.00°N, 87.90°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WKey Largo — 24.75°N, 80.95°WKey Largo — 25.17°N, 80.35°WCastro Limestone — 40.00°N, 18.42°ETamana — 10.42°N, 61.25°WManchioneal — 18.18°N, 76.42°WHope Gate — 18.47°N, 77.40°W

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The named rock units Diploria has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 13 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 70 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diploria and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Diploria and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

341 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 66 sites for Diploria, 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

66 references

Each of the 211 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. 54 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 content2

Picture of Diploria

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848