Stylophora affinis

Stylophora affinis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StylophoraPBDB
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 20 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 20 of 74 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 23 of 74 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 22 of 74 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 9 of 74 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 4 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 4 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences7.4–6.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.5–5.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.6–4.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 13 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 8 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences23.04 Mya2.58 Mya27.8 Mya0 Mya

74 occurrences of Stylophora affinis 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

74 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

20 formations

Seroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WLower Coralline Limestone — 35.93°N, 14.44°ELower Coralline Limestone — 35.88°N, 14.48°ECercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.32°WSiamaná — 12.03°N, 71.42°WSiamaná — 12.07°N, 71.44°WTamana — 10.22°N, 61.37°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.43°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WOld Pera — 17.87°N, 76.28°WMoneague — 17.95°N, 77.38°WLa Cruz — 20.00°N, 75.85°WLirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WTamiami — 26.14°N, 81.77°WAgua Clara — 11.00°N, 70.33°WCastillo — 11.00°N, 70.50°WPedregoso — 11.08°N, 69.93°WUrraca — 9.43°N, 82.32°WCulebra — 9.07°N, 79.67°WMao Adentro — 19.52°N, 70.83°WCala di Labra — 41.37°N, 9.18°E

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The named rock units Stylophora affinis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Stylophora affinis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Stylophora affinis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

240 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 34 sites for Stylophora affinis, 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

17 references

Each of the 74 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. 5 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 affinis

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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Duncan 1863