Goniopora calhounensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GonioporaPBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Poritidae
Life habit
colonial, clonalPBDB, for Poritidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Poritidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Poritidae

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 20.45 Mya to 3.6 Mya.

Miocene — about 2 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesPliocene21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.6–9.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.1–8.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.5–7.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.9–7.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.3–6.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.7–6.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.1–5.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.5–4.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.9–4.3 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.3–3.7 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.7–3.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15.98 Mya5.333 Mya20.9 Mya3.1 Mya

3 occurrences of Goniopora calhounensis 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

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

3 formations

Mao — 19.55°N, 71.27°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WChipola — 30.48°N, 85.18°W

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The named rock units Goniopora calhounensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Goniopora calhounensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Goniopora calhounensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

12 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Goniopora calhounensis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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

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

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No picture of Goniopora calhounensis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Goniopora calhounensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Goniopora calhounensis was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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 itGoniopora through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Weisbord 1971