Hexacorallia

Hexacorallia is a class of Anthozoa.

Hexacorallia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AnthozoaPBDB
Diet
microcarnivorePBDB, for Anthozoa
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunalPBDB, for Anthozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Anthozoa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa

Time the record covers

At least 458 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 0 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovician — about 605 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 1383 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 2399 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1269 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 200 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 80 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 988 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 262 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 493 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1514 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 387 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 635 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 151 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 414 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 255 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 642 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 170 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 152 of 12000 occurrences497–480 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences480–463 Mya — about 8 occurrences463–447 Mya — about 392 occurrences447–430 Mya — about 1058 occurrences430–414 Mya — about 796 occurrences414–397 Mya — about 376 occurrences397–381 Mya — about 1221 occurrences381–364 Mya — about 496 occurrences364–348 Mya — about 308 occurrences348–331 Mya — about 805 occurrences331–315 Mya — about 123 occurrences315–298 Mya — about 76 occurrences298–281 Mya — about 47 occurrences281–265 Mya — about 107 occurrences265–248 Mya — about 42 occurrences248–232 Mya — about 249 occurrences232–215 Mya — about 227 occurrences215–199 Mya — about 619 occurrences199–182 Mya — about 210 occurrences182–166 Mya — about 436 occurrences166–149 Mya — about 1069 occurrences149–132 Mya — about 589 occurrences132–116 Mya — about 221 occurrences116–99 Mya — about 131 occurrences99–83 Mya — about 271 occurrences83–66 Mya — about 331 occurrences66–50 Mya — about 178 occurrences50–33 Mya — about 400 occurrences33–17 Mya — about 549 occurrences17–0 Mya — about 665 occurrences458.2 Mya129 ka497 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Hexacorallia on record. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 845 formations

Korallenoolith — 52.15°N, 9.98°EKorallenoolith — 52.25°N, 9.70°EKorallenoolith — 52.25°N, 9.50°EKorallenoolith — 52.37°N, 9.70°EKorallenoolith — 52.12°N, 10.10°EKorallenoolith — 52.21°N, 9.20°EKorallenoolith — 52.21°N, 9.13°EKorallenoolith — 52.18°N, 9.60°EKorallenoolith — 52.25°N, 9.57°EKorallenoolith — 51.97°N, 9.62°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.53°N, 12.13°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.92°EOnondaga — 40.60°N, 77.57°WOnondaga — 43.01°N, 78.01°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WZlambach — 47.62°N, 13.73°EZlambach — 47.50°N, 13.50°EZlambach — 47.55°N, 13.65°EZlambach — 47.57°N, 13.28°EZlambach — 47.75°N, 13.50°EHigh Tor Limestone — 51.63°N, 3.97°WHigh Tor Limestone — 51.50°N, 3.00°WStramberk Limestone — 49.58°N, 18.12°ELudlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.22°WLudlowville — 42.95°N, 76.02°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.00°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.37°WBlack Rock Limestone — 51.57°N, 4.33°WBlack Rock Limestone — 51.33°N, 2.74°WTamana — 10.47°N, 61.19°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.22°N, 61.37°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.43°WTamana — 10.33°N, 62.42°WTamana — 10.42°N, 61.13°WKorycany — 50.27°N, 14.48°EKorycany — 50.02°N, 14.47°EKorycany — 50.28°N, 14.33°EKorycany — 50.20°N, 14.22°EKorycany — 49.93°N, 15.38°EKorycany — 50.02°N, 15.18°EKorycany — 50.18°N, 14.25°EKorycany — 50.63°N, 13.82°EKorycany — 50.27°N, 15.40°EKorycany — 50.05°N, 15.13°EKorycany — 49.88°N, 15.30°EKorycany — 50.20°N, 14.43°ECalcare di Zu — 46.05°N, 9.05°ECalcare di Zu — 45.78°N, 9.50°ECalcare di Zu — 45.77°N, 9.68°ECalcare di Zu — 45.98°N, 9.25°ECalcare di Zu — 45.85°N, 9.42°ECalcare di Zu — 45.85°N, 9.55°ECalcare di Zu — 45.92°N, 9.57°ECalcare di Zu — 45.87°N, 9.67°ECalcare di Zu — 45.80°N, 9.75°ECalcare di Zu — 45.72°N, 9.88°ECalcare di Zu — 45.75°N, 9.90°ECalcare di Zu — 45.67°N, 10.02°ECalcare di Zu — 45.70°N, 10.05°EBeaverfoot — 50.71°N, 115.38°WBeaverfoot — 50.50°N, 115.92°WBeaverfoot — 50.75°N, 115.50°WBeaverfoot — 50.03°N, 115.51°WBeaverfoot — 52.00°N, 116.75°WBeaverfoot — 50.67°N, 115.35°WBeaverfoot — 50.45°N, 115.77°WBeaverfoot — 51.17°N, 116.73°WBeaverfoot — 50.38°N, 115.80°WBeaverfoot — 50.88°N, 116.22°WBeaverfoot — 50.00°N, 116.40°WBeaverfoot — 51.20°N, 116.82°WBeaverfoot — 50.18°N, 115.36°WBeaverfoot — 50.47°N, 115.25°WBeaverfoot — 50.59°N, 115.30°WBeaverfoot — 51.68°N, 116.22°WBeaverfoot — 52.13°N, 116.98°WBeaverfoot — 49.83°N, 119.83°WMassenkalk — 48.68°N, 10.22°EJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WBrassfield — 37.66°N, 84.12°WBrassfield — 38.69°N, 83.46°WBrassfield — 39.81°N, 83.99°WBrassfield — 38.82°N, 83.51°WBrassfield — 38.89°N, 82.45°WBrassfield — 39.48°N, 83.86°WBrassfield — 41.13°N, 84.23°WBrassfield — 39.97°N, 84.32°WBrassfield — 38.90°N, 85.19°WBrassfield — 39.03°N, 83.59°WBrassfield — 39.78°N, 84.86°WBrassfield — 38.14°N, 85.53°WBrassfield — 38.03°N, 85.53°WBrassfield — 37.80°N, 85.47°WBrassfield — 37.56°N, 85.43°WBrassfield — 37.49°N, 84.65°WBrassfield — 39.26°N, 83.75°WBrassfield — 39.05°N, 83.54°WBrassfield — 37.48°N, 84.55°WBrassfield — 37.60°N, 84.28°WBrassfield — 37.80°N, 84.09°WBrassfield — 38.10°N, 83.83°WBrassfield — 38.15°N, 83.74°WBrassfield — 38.22°N, 83.63°WBrassfield — 38.38°N, 83.64°WBrassfield — 37.71°N, 83.98°WBrassfield — 39.99°N, 84.35°WBrassfield — 39.34°N, 85.48°WGhasr Ghand — 26.50°N, 60.00°ESilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.34°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.25°WSkaneateles — 42.92°N, 76.21°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.95°N, 76.43°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.58°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WSkaneateles — 42.83°N, 75.02°WSkaneateles — 42.81°N, 74.94°WSkaneateles — 42.96°N, 75.88°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.87°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.77°N, 88.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.31°N, 86.48°WMoodys Branch — 31.03°N, 85.85°WMoodys Branch — 31.55°N, 87.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.14°N, 87.94°WGarra — 33.00°S, 149.00°EGarra — 33.95°S, 148.82°ERacine — 43.04°N, 87.91°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WRacine — 42.00°N, 88.00°WRacine — 41.85°N, 87.65°WPortilla — 42.85°N, 1.84°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 5.65°WPortilla — 42.88°N, 5.12°EPortilla — 42.82°N, 5.22°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 1.57°ERiukiu Limestone — 28.33°N, 130.00°ERiukiu Limestone — 24.75°N, 125.33°ERiukiu Limestone — 24.45°N, 123.00°ERiukiu Limestone — 24.42°N, 124.17°ERiukiu Limestone — 24.05°N, 123.75°EWhite Limestone — 51.75°N, 1.17°WWhite Limestone — 51.70°N, 1.78°W

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The named rock units Hexacorallia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 821 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,134 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

2,114 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 906 sites for Hexacorallia, and this reads 240 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

at least 719 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 707 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 Hexacorallia

Credit
Nhobgood Nick Hobgood
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow 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. (Haeckel 1866)