Porites baracoaensis

Porites baracoaensis

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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 24 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 774 ka.

Eocene — about 0 of 111 occurrencesOligocene — about 6 of 111 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 55 of 111 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 44 of 111 occurrencesPleistocene — about 6 of 111 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–24 Mya — about 1 occurrence24–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–22 Mya — about 4 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 5 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 3 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 1 occurrence10–9.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.3–8.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence8.2–7.0 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.0–5.9 Mya — about 12 occurrences5.9–4.7 Mya — about 15 occurrences4.7–3.6 Mya — about 18 occurrences3.6–2.4 Mya — about 16 occurrences2.4–1.3 Mya — about 4 occurrences1.3–111 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences27.3 Mya2.58 Mya34.6 Mya111 ka

111 occurrences of Porites baracoaensis 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

111 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

26 formations

Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 71.07°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.30°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WSeroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WMao — 19.57°N, 71.27°WMao — 19.53°N, 71.18°WCercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WCercado — 19.48°N, 71.27°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WSiamaná — 12.07°N, 71.44°WIsla Colon — 9.40°N, 82.30°WSan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WValiente — 9.15°N, 81.94°WAnguilla — 18.23°N, 63.07°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.46°N, 61.24°WTamana — 10.33°N, 62.42°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WAntigua — 17.14°N, 61.82°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.73°WMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.05°WOld Pera — 17.87°N, 76.28°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WLirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WLa Quinta — 17.13°N, 92.70°WRio Lajas Limestone — 16.83°N, 92.92°WSanta Ana — 16.83°N, 92.95°WAgua Clara — 11.00°N, 70.33°W

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The named rock units Porites baracoaensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 8 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Porites baracoaensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Porites baracoaensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

305 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 75 sites for Porites baracoaensis, 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 111 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 Porites baracoaensis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Porites baracoaensis was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vaughan 1919