Isophyllia

Isophyllia is a genus of stony coral in the subfamily Mussinae of the family Mussidae.

Isophyllia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MussinaePBDB
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 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 20.45 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 6 of 53 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 53 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 42 of 53 occurrencesPleistocene21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences10–9.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences9.8–9.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences9.1–8.4 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences8.4–7.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences7.7–7.0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences7.0–6.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.3–5.6 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.6–4.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.9–4.2 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.2–3.5 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.8–2.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.1–1.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.4–698 ka Mya — about 1 occurrence698 ka–0 Mya — about 39 occurrences15.98 Mya11.7 ka20.9 Mya0 Mya

53 occurrences of Isophyllia 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

53 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

13 formations

Ironshore — 19.37°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.33°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.38°WTamiami — 26.14°N, 81.77°WTamiami — 27.32°N, 82.45°WSan Luis — 12.50°N, 81.72°WIsla Colon — 9.41°N, 82.31°WManchioneal — 18.18°N, 76.42°WTermofourà — 45.07°N, 7.82°ELirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WKey Largo Limestone/Miami Oolite — 24.67°N, 81.57°WHato — 12.37°N, 69.10°WValiente — 9.14°N, 81.94°WPort Morant — 17.88°N, 76.32°WWhite Wall — 17.47°N, 62.96°W

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The named rock units Isophyllia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Isophyllia and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Isophyllia and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

271 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 10 sites for Isophyllia, 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

21 references

Each of the 53 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. 9 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 Isophyllia

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Copyrighted free use
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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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What may have been alongside itMussinae through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851