Porites waylandi

Searched as Porites panamensis. The Paleobiology Database treats Porites waylandi as the accepted name.

Porites waylandi

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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 27 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 113 occurrencesOligocene — about 8 of 113 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 61 of 113 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 113 occurrencesPleistocene — about 35 of 113 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 5 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 2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 8 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 7 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 10 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 6 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 5 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 30 occurrences27.3 Mya11.7 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

113 occurrences of Porites waylandi 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

113 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

23 formations

Valiente — 9.13°N, 81.90°WValiente — 9.15°N, 81.94°WTamana — 10.47°N, 61.19°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.43°WTamana — 10.33°N, 62.42°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.30°WGurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WCercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WCercado — 19.48°N, 71.27°WSiamaná — 12.03°N, 71.42°WSiamaná — 12.05°N, 71.43°WSiamaná — 11.83°N, 71.40°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WAnguilla — 18.23°N, 63.07°WBaitoa — 19.35°N, 70.70°WMulege — 27.07°N, 111.97°WMulege — 27.05°N, 111.97°WLa Quinta — 17.12°N, 92.88°WLa Quinta — 17.13°N, 92.68°WMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WMao — 19.57°N, 71.27°WMao — 19.53°N, 71.18°WAntigua — 17.03°N, 61.68°WSign — 18.48°N, 77.58°WLirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WAgua Clara — 11.00°N, 70.33°WCastillo — 11.00°N, 70.50°WSan Luis — 11.07°N, 69.88°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.17°WJimol — 12.01°N, 71.20°W

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The named rock units Porites waylandi has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 33 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Porites waylandi and its relatives

Miocene

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

Found in the same rock

257 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 44 sites for Porites waylandi, 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

25 references

Each of the 113 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. 13 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 waylandi

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

No 3D scan of Porites waylandi 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