Scolymia australis

Scolymia australis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ScolymiaPBDB
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 most 1.9 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 2.58 Mya and 774 ka, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Pliocene — about 0 of 6 occurrencesPleistocene — about 6 of 6 occurrencesPleistocene2.6–2.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.5–2.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.4–2.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.3–2.2 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.2–2.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.1–2.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.1–2.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.0–1.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.9–1.8 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.8–1.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.7–1.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.6–1.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.5–1.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.4–1.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.3–1.2 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.2–1.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.1–1.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.0–929 ka Mya — about 0.3 occurrences929 ka–835 ka Mya — about 0.3 occurrences835 ka–742 ka Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.08 Mya274 ka

6 occurrences of Scolymia australis on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

6 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

2 formations

Boat Cove — 29.22°S, 177.83°WBoat Cove — 29.23°S, 177.88°WDayrell — 29.23°S, 177.82°W

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The named rock units Scolymia australis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Scolymia australis and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Scolymia australis and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Scolymia australis, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 6 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. Each entry links to doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Scolymia australis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

3D scan

Licence
CC0 — this site’s default, not the record’s
Commercial use
the licence allows it
Specimen
Scolymia australis

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)