Porites astreoides

Porites astreoides, commonly known as mustard hill coral or yellow porites, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Poritidae.

Porites astreoides

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On record

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

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 206 occurrencesMiocene — about 13 of 206 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 26 of 206 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 155 of 206 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–12 Mya — about 1 occurrence12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 10 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 18 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 24 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 21 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 115 occurrences15.98 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

206 occurrences of Porites astreoides 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

206 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

24 formations

Ironshore — 19.32°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.35°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.33°WMoin — 9.97°N, 83.05°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WSan Luis — 12.50°N, 81.72°WSan Luis — 12.57°N, 81.72°WIsla Colon — 9.37°N, 82.23°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.32°WIsla Colon — 9.31°N, 82.14°WIsla Colon — 9.35°N, 82.17°WSeroe Domi — 12.13°N, 68.95°WSeroe Domi — 12.14°N, 68.99°WHato — 12.23°N, 69.02°WHato — 12.17°N, 68.88°WHato — 12.30°N, 69.13°WHato — 12.20°N, 69.08°WHato — 12.13°N, 68.98°WKey Largo Limestone — 25.13°N, 80.38°WKey Largo Limestone — 24.93°N, 80.58°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.33°N, 62.42°WTamana — 10.47°N, 61.22°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.40°WUrraca — 9.38°N, 82.24°WUrraca — 9.43°N, 82.32°WLa Cruz — 20.00°N, 75.85°WManchioneal — 18.19°N, 76.43°WPort Morant — 17.87°N, 76.32°WOld Pera — 17.87°N, 76.28°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WHope Gate — 18.47°N, 77.40°WLucayan — 24.65°N, 79.11°WSan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WFalmouth — 18.50°N, 77.33°WKey Largo Limestone/Miami Oolite — 24.67°N, 81.57°WGrotto Beach — 24.03°N, 74.52°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WMao Adentro — 19.52°N, 70.83°WLowlands — 18.05°N, 63.13°W

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The named rock units Porites astreoides has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 64 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Porites astreoides and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Porites astreoides and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

219 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 81 sites for Porites astreoides, 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

37 references

Each of the 206 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. 25 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

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Picture of Porites astreoides

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nobody named on the record
Licence
Copyrighted free use
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No 3D scan of Porites astreoides 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.

The description on this site

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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. Lamarck 1816