Stylophora

Stylophora[Eg. Milka Stylo] is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Pocilloporidae. They are commonly known as cat's paw corals or birdsnest corals. They are native to the Red Sea, the Indo-Pacific region and eastwards as far as the Pitcairn Islands.

Stylophora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PocilloporidaePBDB
Diet
microcarnivore, photosymbioticPBDB, for Scleractinia
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 505 million years on record.

The record covers at least 505.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 509.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Cambrian — about 48 of 949 occurrencesOrdovician — about 130 of 949 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 11 of 949 occurrencesDevonian — about 32 of 949 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 3 of 949 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 949 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 0 of 949 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 949 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 949 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 949 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 949 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 949 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 949 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 11 of 949 occurrencesPaleocene — about 3 of 949 occurrencesEocene — about 67 of 949 occurrencesOligocene — about 148 of 949 occurrencesMiocene — about 265 of 949 occurrencesPliocene — about 111 of 949 occurrencesPleistocene — about 106 of 949 occurrences520–503 Mya — about 15 occurrences503–485 Mya — about 34 occurrences485–468 Mya — about 44 occurrences468–451 Mya — about 58 occurrences451–433 Mya — about 30 occurrences433–416 Mya — about 12 occurrences416–399 Mya — about 16 occurrences399–381 Mya — about 11 occurrences381–364 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences364–347 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences329–312 Mya — about 3 occurrences87–69 Mya — about 7 occurrences69–52 Mya — about 13 occurrences52–35 Mya — about 57 occurrences35–17 Mya — about 257 occurrences17–0 Mya — about 392 occurrences505.3 Mya11.7 ka520 Mya0 Mya

949 occurrences of Stylophora on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

949 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

216 formations

Seroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WLower Coralline Limestone — 35.92°N, 14.42°ELower Coralline Limestone — 35.88°N, 14.48°ECercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WSarka — 50.00°N, 14.00°ESarka — 49.77°N, 13.62°ESarka — 50.12°N, 14.38°ESarka — 50.01°N, 14.46°EIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.32°WAntigua — 17.03°N, 61.73°WAntigua — 17.12°N, 61.85°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.73°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.68°WCulebra — 9.13°N, 79.62°WCulebra — 9.18°N, 79.78°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.22°N, 61.37°WTamana — 10.46°N, 61.24°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.43°WMoneague — 18.40°N, 77.37°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WValiente — 9.13°N, 81.90°WValiente — 9.15°N, 81.94°WSan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WPromina — 43.85°N, 16.15°EPromina — 43.95°N, 16.12°EPromina — 43.93°N, 16.07°ECastelgomberto — 45.58°N, 11.38°ECastelgomberto — 45.55°N, 11.38°EOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WPontyfenni — 52.00°N, 5.00°WJince — 49.78°N, 13.97°ESaint-Chinian — 43.44°N, 2.89°EUpper Fezouata — 30.42°N, 5.85°WUpper Fezouata — 30.50°N, 5.75°WUpper Fezouata — 27.82°N, 11.40°WUpper Fezouata — 30.55°N, 5.68°WPonta Grossa — 26.07°S, 52.58°WPonta Grossa — 25.08°S, 50.15°WPonta Grossa — 25.43°S, 50.40°WPonta Grossa — 24.50°S, 50.40°WNias — 1.12°N, 97.62°ENias — 0.97°N, 97.78°ENias — 0.85°N, 97.87°ENias — 1.37°N, 97.52°EGrand Bay — 12.50°N, 61.42°WSiamaná — 12.03°N, 71.42°WSiamaná — 12.07°N, 71.44°WSiamaná — 11.83°N, 71.40°WBromide — 34.00°N, 97.00°WBromide — 34.07°N, 97.17°WBromide — 34.03°N, 97.17°W

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The named rock units Stylophora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 192 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 283 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Stylophora and its relatives

Miocene

Where Stylophora and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,058 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 423 sites for Stylophora, and this reads 240 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

281 references

Each of the 949 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. 269 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 Stylophora

Credit
ALLEMAND D
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Stylophora was found in Smithsonian Open Access and Sketchfab.

MorphoSource 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. Schweigger 1819