Retiophyllia

Retiophyllia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ReimaniphylliidaePBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Reimaniphylliidae
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, colonial, clonalPBDB, for Scleractinia
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Scleractinia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 68 million years on record.

The record covers at least 243.43 Mya to 174.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 170.9 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 376 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 16 of 376 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 356 of 376 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 3 of 376 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 376 occurrences249–246 Mya — about 2 occurrences246–243 Mya — about 6 occurrences243–241 Mya — about 4 occurrences241–238 Mya — about 4 occurrences238–235 Mya — about 8 occurrences235–233 Mya — about 9 occurrences233–230 Mya — about 7 occurrences230–227 Mya — about 7 occurrences227–225 Mya — about 19 occurrences225–222 Mya — about 20 occurrences222–220 Mya — about 20 occurrences220–217 Mya — about 20 occurrences217–214 Mya — about 19 occurrences214–212 Mya — about 18 occurrences212–209 Mya — about 26 occurrences209–206 Mya — about 28 occurrences206–204 Mya — about 78 occurrences204–201 Mya — about 80 occurrences201–198 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences193–190 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences190–188 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences188–185 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences185–183 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences177–175 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences175–172 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences172–169 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences243.43 Mya174.7 Mya249 Mya169 Mya

376 occurrences of Retiophyllia on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. 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

376 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

53 formations

Calcare 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 — 45.85°N, 9.42°ECalcare di Zu — 45.85°N, 9.55°ECalcare di Zu — 45.92°N, 9.57°ECalcare di Zu — 45.80°N, 9.75°ECalcare di Zu — 45.72°N, 9.88°ECalcare di Zu — 45.67°N, 10.02°EZlambach — 47.62°N, 13.73°EZlambach — 47.50°N, 13.50°EZlambach — 47.55°N, 13.65°EZlambach — 47.75°N, 13.50°ENayband — 33.12°N, 51.98°ENayband — 32.37°N, 57.47°ENayband — 32.93°N, 52.03°ENayband — 34.06°N, 58.08°ERiganpeicuo — 32.71°N, 84.29°EBortepa — 37.33°N, 75.00°EBortepa — 37.50°N, 74.50°EBortepa — 37.47°N, 74.73°EBortepa — 39.27°N, 73.45°ELuning — 38.35°N, 117.94°WLuning — 38.43°N, 118.05°WCassian — 46.53°N, 12.13°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°EFatra — 49.10°N, 18.92°EFatra — 48.88°N, 19.07°EFatra — 49.15°N, 19.60°EParson Bay — 48.86°N, 124.23°WParson Bay — 48.82°N, 124.03°WParson Bay — 50.49°N, 127.58°WChitistone — 61.51°N, 142.76°WDachstein — 47.45°N, 13.07°EDachstein — 47.58°N, 14.47°EDachstein — 47.50°N, 13.50°EDachstein — 47.45°N, 13.69°ENehenta — 55.17°N, 131.80°WNehenta — 55.22°N, 131.98°WMartin Bridge — 44.97°N, 117.23°WMartin Bridge — 45.37°N, 117.35°WMartin Bridge — 45.10°N, 116.78°WMartin Bridge — 46.29°N, 116.69°WAksala — 61.07°N, 134.88°WAksala — 60.87°N, 135.22°WAksala — 60.66°N, 134.89°WAntimonio — 30.72°N, 112.55°WAntimonio — 30.43°N, 112.87°WMartin Bridge Limestone — 45.12°N, 116.83°WMartin Bridge Limestone — 46.33°N, 116.73°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.67°EDachstein — 46.43°N, 13.88°EShaimak — 37.50°N, 74.50°ENimaloksa — 32.42°N, 77.97°ENimaloksa — 31.83°N, 78.42°ENimaloksa — 31.58°N, 78.58°EChambara — 10.85°S, 76.17°WChambara — 10.87°S, 75.92°WNorovica — 49.12°N, 18.58°ESchlern 1 — 46.47°N, 13.33°ECornwallis — 56.43°N, 133.87°W

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The named rock units Retiophyllia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 29 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 132 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Retiophyllia and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Retiophyllia and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

1,253 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 184 sites for Retiophyllia, 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

100 references

Each of the 376 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. 88 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 Retiophyllia

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iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Retiophyllia 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.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itReimaniphylliidae through timeFormations of the Late TriassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cuif 1966